Security and Crime

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  • 6 terrorist elements killed in shootout with police in Assiut - Interior Ministry

    Date: 2017-07-10 12:45:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:44 - ID:6890623

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - Security agencies managed to kill six terrorist elements in a shootout with the police in Assiut. In a statement issued on Monday, the ministry mentioned that the extremists were preparing for carrying out terrorist acts ....

  • Man arrested for offering 20,000-pound bribe to police officer

    Date: 2017-07-10 11:39:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:6890467

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - A man has been arrested for offering a bribe of 20,000 pounds to a police officer in order not to take legal action against two arrested persons. The two persons were accused of stealing a vast amount of sand from a place ....

  • Firearms dealer arrested in Minya

    Date: 2017-07-10 10:58:34 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:35 - ID:6890375

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - Security bodies arrested on Monday a person for illegally dealing in firearms and ammunition in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. The 32-year old man was arrested in possession of five handguns and 180 bullets in Dayr ....

  • Interior min.: Domestic, foreign powers seeking to destabilize state

    Date: 2017-07-09 18:26:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:63 - ID:6889620

    CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) - Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said there are internal and foreign powers seeking to manipulate terrorism to destroy the state's mainstays and stability and, hence, hamper its march to realize people's ....

  • Interior Ministry: Drug dealer involved in killing Minya police officer killed in shooting with police

    Date: 2017-07-09 14:56:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:44 - ID:6889238

    CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry stressed that the drug dealer involved in the murder of Minya investigation officer was killed in an exchange of fire with police. Investigations revealed that the criminal was hiding in one of the ....

  • Attempt by 27 persons to sneak into Libya foiled

    Date: 2017-07-09 14:21:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:6889014

    MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, July 9 (MENA) – Matrouh security forces on Sunday foiled an infiltration attempt by 27 people, who planned to legally sneak into Libya. The infiltrators included 15 Egyptians and 12 others of different African nationalities. ....

  • Drug dealer involved in killing Minya police officer killed in shooting with police

    Date: 2017-07-09 11:58:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:24 - ID:6888723

    CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) - A drug dealer involved in the murder of Minya investigation officer was killed in an exchange of fire with police, a security source said on Sunday. In statements to MENA, the source said police, upon a tip-off to Minya ....

  • 17 wounded in road accident in South Sinai

    Date: 2017-07-09 06:05:34 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:7 - ID:6888312

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, July 9 (MENA) - Seventeen people were wounded when a tourist bus overturned near Taba in South Sinai late on Saturday. Wounded were ambulanced to nearby hospitals while reason of the accident was not immediately clear. (MENA) S ....

  • 2 policemen killed, 9 wounded in blast in Arish

    Date: 2017-07-09 06:03:19 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:6 - ID:6888310

    CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) - Two conscripts were killed and nine others wounded in a blast in Arish, according to the media center of the Interior Ministry on Sunday. An explosive device went off while security men were patrolling El Safa area in Arish ....

  • 19 fugitives, wanted people arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2017-07-08 20:56:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:88 - ID:6888215

    ARISH, Egypt, July 8 (MENA) - Security forces have arrested 19 fugitives and wanted people in North Sinai who were convicted in different cases, a security source said on Saturday. The arrests were made as part of security campaigns against ....

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