Security and Crime

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  • Interior minister issues decree on establishing central prison in S. Sinai

    Date: 2017-01-21 17:39:56 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:6377181

    CAIRO, Jan 21 (MENA) - Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar on Saturday issued a decree establishing a central prison in El Tur city of South Sinai. A security source told MENA the prison will be allocated to inmates in South Sinai. (MENA) ....

  • N. Sinai detective, soldier injured in Al Arish shooting

    Date: 2017-01-21 15:48:23 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:55 - ID:6376889

    CAIRO, Jan 21 (MENA) - North Sinai detective Brigadier-General Wahba el Shoura and a solider was injured when militants opened fire on them in Al Arish, a security source told MENA. They were rushed to a nearby hospital in stable condition, the ....

  • Fire in Awqaf tower in Beni Suef controlled, 9 injured

    Date: 2017-01-21 14:04:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:53 - ID:6376445

    BENI SUEF, Upper Egypt, Jan 21 (MENA) - The civil defense teams here managed to control a huge fire that erupted in a housing unit in one of the Awqaf towers. The fire extended also to three housing units in the same floor where nine persons were ....

  • Matrouh security bodies foil infiltration bid by 27 persons into Libya

    Date: 2017-01-21 12:11:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:6375689

    MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, Jan 21 (MENA) - Security bodies in Matrouh managed Saturday to thwart an infiltration attempt by 27 persons including two Sudanese who were seeking to cross the borders into Libya via desert routes at Salloum. Matrouh ....

  • Film director arrested over archaeological paintings theft

    Date: 2017-01-20 19:09:06 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:96 - ID:6371785

    CAIRO, Jan 20 (MENA) - Tourism and antiquities police have arrested a film director over the theft of five paintings from the Museum of Modern Art at the International Fairs Ground of the Opera House and replacing them with other counterfeit ....

  • Security forces arrest leading MB member over illegal currency trade

    Date: 2017-01-20 17:59:03 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:89 - ID:6372153

    CAIRO, Jan 20 (MENA) – Security forces on Friday arrested a leading member of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria over charges of trading in the foreign currency on the black market. An arrest warrant had been issued for the suspect as ....

  • Ismailia police arrest fugitive from al-Mustaqbal prison

    Date: 2017-01-20 16:28:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:82 - ID:6371565

    CAIRO, Jan 20 (MENA) – The national security sector, in cooperation with Ismailia security bodies, on Friday arrested a fugitive from al-Mustaqbal prison. The wanted criminal was arrested at a security checkpoint in Ezbat Nasser district in ....

  • Mahdi Akef moved from Qasr El Aini at family request - Interior Ministry

    Date: 2017-01-20 15:32:38 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:74 - ID:6371533

    CAIRO, Jan 20 (MENA) - Imprisoned leader of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Mahdi Akef was moved from Qasr El Aini to another hospital at a family request, the Interior Ministry said in a statement Friday. Akef was transferred to the ....

  • Global PR Newswire Release (1)

    Date: 2017-01-20 14:01:11 GMT - USA - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:6371237

    Tehran Building Collapse: Investigators Must Consider Explosives, Says Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth NEW YORK, Jan. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- At approximately 11:30 AM local time yesterday in Tehran, an iconic 17-story high-rise known as ....

  • 71 runaways, 647 wanted outlaws, 85 criminals arrested within month

    Date: 2017-01-20 11:04:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:43 - ID:6369865

    CAIRO, Jan 20 (MENA) – Security bodies launched an extended campaign to bring about security and arrest outlaws. The campaign was launched at the directives of Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar to stand up to thuggery and arrest ....

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