Security and Crime

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  • Pedestrian bridge on Cairo-Alexandria highway collapses

    Date: 2019-03-02 22:55:48 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:59 - ID:7829965

    BENHA, Egypt March 2 (MENA) - A pedestrian bridge on the Cairo-Alexandria agricultural road collapsed Saturday. No casualties were reported. The incident snarled traffic movement on the road. The incident happened when a truck accidentally ....

  • Egypt, Somalia ink MoU on security cooperation

    Date: 2019-03-02 12:39:42 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:24 - ID:7829188

    CAIRO, March 2 (MENA) - Egypt and Somalia signed on Saturday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on security cooperation and exchanging of expertise and information between the two sides. The MoU was signed by Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfiq ....

  • Interior Ministry: 72 hotbeds stormed, 14 gangs arrested in week

    Date: 2019-03-02 12:16:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:22 - ID:7829134

    CAIRO, March 2 (MENA) - Security forces stormed 72 criminal hotbeds and arrested 14 gangs as part of their crackdown against outlaws nationwide over the past week, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The security operations ....

  • Interior Ministry implements about 500,000 judicial rulings in week

    Date: 2019-03-02 12:02:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:21 - ID:7829132

    CAIRO, March 2 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry has implemented 459,781 judicial rulings over the past week. Also, 234,643 fines have been collected. This comes as part of a campaign conducted by the Interior Ministry to implement judicial verdicts ....

  • Police arrest train driver responsible for Cairo's train station tragedy

    Date: 2019-02-27 20:46:51 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:109 - ID:7825685

    CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Police arrested on Wednesday the driver of the speeding train that collided with a buffer stop, sparking a large fire at Cairo’s main railway station, Prosecutor General Nabil Sadeq announced. This came upon an arrest ....

  • Bid to smuggle parts of mummies to Belgium foiled

    Date: 2019-02-22 20:56:21 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:7816966

    CAIRO, Feb 22 (MENA) - A bid to smuggle parts of two mummies in a DHL package via Cairo airport has been foiled, according to the customs authorities. The parcel was bound to Belgium, said the customs department director on Friday. An ....

  • Interior Minister visits in hospital injured policemen

    Date: 2019-02-20 12:11:29 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:39 - ID:7813410

    CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfik on Wednesday visited in hospital policemen who were injured in Monday's terrorist attack near Al Azhar. The minister made sure that they are receiving the best health care service. He ....

  • ACA arrests two officials in Sharqia for embezzling large sums

    Date: 2019-02-19 20:34:19 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:104 - ID:7812620

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) has arrested two officials in Sharqia governorate over charges of embezzling millions of pounds from compensations earmarked for citizens, whose properties were expropriated in favor ....

  • Interior minister attends funeral of slain officer in Cairo

    Date: 2019-02-19 17:45:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:93 - ID:7812430

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Minister of Interior Mahmoud Tawfiq attended on Tuesday a military funeral for a slain national security officer who lost his life yesterday in a terrorist attack near Al Azhar street in Cairo. The attack took place when ....

  • Azhar urges Egyptians to support State in efforts for fighting terror

    Date: 2019-02-19 09:24:20 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:26 - ID:7811526

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Al Azhar Institution on Tuesday called on the Egyptian people to support State institutions and security bodies in their efforts to uproot terrorism. In a statement, Azhar denounced the terrorist attack that took place on ....

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