Security and Crime

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  • Security forces seize 112 weapons in possession of 100 suspects

    Date: 2018-04-07 13:46:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:7338222

    CAIRO, April 7 (MENA) - Security forces seized 112 weapons in the possession of 100 suspects. This came during security campaigns across the country. The weapons found in the possession of the suspects include 3 machine guns, 10 automatic ....

  • 294 transgressions on state-owned lands, Nile river removed

    Date: 2018-04-07 13:13:22 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:32 - ID:7338176

    CAIRO, April 7 (MENA) - Security forces removed 294 transgressions on state-owned lands and Nile river as part of a security campaign to re-take usurped state lands and clear encroachments on Nile river. The campaign, launched upon orders of ....

  • Cairo security chief checks on troops securing churches during Easter

    Date: 2018-04-07 12:35:38 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:29 - ID:7337984

    CAIRO, April 7 (MENA) - Cairo security chief Khaled Abdel Aal checked on troops in charge of securing churches during the Easter celebrations. Abdel Aal inspected Saturday security services outside Abbasiya's St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral ....

  • 3 dangerous elements killed in shootout with Ismailia police

    Date: 2018-04-05 14:34:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:29 - ID:7334947

    CAIRO, April 5 (MENA) - Three dangerous elements were killed in a gun battle with Ismailia police. Ismailia security forces raided El Sehr wel Gamal area, located along Ismailia's borders with Sharqiya governorate, to bust drug traffickers and ....

  • Editor-in-chief of news website arrested over violations

    Date: 2018-04-04 12:08:23 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:7333006

    CAIRO, April 4 (MENA) - Police arrested the editor-in-chief of Masr al Arabia news website for running the media outlet without having a license, according to a statement by the Interior Ministry on Wednesday. The 56-year-old man faces charges of ....

  • Six referred to criminal court over bribery charges

    Date: 2018-04-03 09:57:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:26 - ID:7330852

    CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Nabil Ahmed Sadeq ordered on Tuesday referring six people, including two engineers and two top officials of El Nasr Mining company, to the criminal court over bribery charges. The two engineers and the ....

  • 2 wanted criminals killed, injured after exchanging gunshots with police in Sohag

    Date: 2018-04-02 06:36:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:7 - ID:7328348

    CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - Two wanted criminals were killed and one was injured in a gunfire exchange with security forces in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag. In statements, a security source said that two machine guns and two assault rifles ....

  • Security intensified in environs of Alexandria cathedral

    Date: 2018-04-01 10:23:19 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:27 - ID:7327009

    ALEXANDRIA, April 1 (MENA) - Security measures were intensified in the vicinity of Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in central Alexandria on the Palm Sunday celebrations. Road blocks were installed alongside metal-detector gates. (MENA) M ....

  • Assistant Interior Minister: Luxor railway station blast not criminal act

    Date: 2018-03-26 08:56:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:27 - ID:7315054

    LUXOR, March 26 (MENA) - Assistant Interior Minister for South Upper Egypt Region Lt General Essam el Hemali asserted that a blast that took place at Luxor railway station is not a criminal act. In statements on Monday, Hemali said the blast ....

  • Interior Ministry: Six terrorists involved in targeting Alexandria police chief killed

    Date: 2018-03-25 19:32:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:65 - ID:7314585

    CAIRO, March 25 (MENA) - Six terrorists of the Muslim Brotherhood group were killed Sunday in a firefight with policemen in Behira governorate. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said a probe carried out by the national security sector ....

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