Security and Crime

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  • 126 prisoners to be pardoned over July revolt anniversary

    Date: 2016-08-25 10:05:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:21 - ID:5487809

    CAIRO, Aug 25 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry’s prison department will pardon 126 prisoners on the 64th anniversary of the 23 July Revolution. The prison department also found that 84 inmates are qualified for release on parole. The Egyptian ....

  • 52 fugitives arrested in North Sinai

    Date: 2016-08-24 22:33:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:124 - ID:5486309

    AL ARISH, Egypt, Aug 24 (MENA) – Security forces arrested 52 fugitives and wanted elements involved in different cases in North Sinai. In statements on Wednesday, a security source said that the arrests came within the framework of tightened ....

  • 85 fugitives arrested, firearms seized in Gharbiya

    Date: 2016-08-24 21:29:00 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:117 - ID:5486205

    TANTA, Egypt, Aug 24 (MENA) - As many as 85 fugitives have been arrested in Gharbiya, north of Cairo. Two gangs were also captured during a broad security campaign in the governorate, said security chief Hossam Khalifa on Wednesday. Ten ....

  • 8kg of heroin, weapons seized after clashes with gang in Cairo suburb

    Date: 2016-08-24 17:20:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:98 - ID:5485445

    CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Cairo Security forces seized eight kilograms of heroin, two machine guns, and ammunition inside SUV car after clashes and fire exchange with a dangerous gang in Cairo suburb of Rubeiki. An expanded security crackdown ....

  • 6 persons, including 3 officers, wounded in car crash in Misr el Qadima

    Date: 2016-08-24 13:35:01 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:71 - ID:5483717

    CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Three police officers and three citizens were injured when a car hit them in Athar el Nabi Square in Misr el Qadima Wednesday. A drunk driver crashed his car into another one that was stopped at a checkpoint, before hitting ....

  • Arab interior ministers council to tackle combating terror without affecting human rights

    Date: 2016-08-24 12:21:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:58 - ID:5482809

    CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Arab Interior Ministers Council Chief Mohamed Bin Ali Kuman inaugurated here Wednesday the 2nd conference of human rights officials in the Arab interior ministries. The meeting is considered the third sectors conference ....

  • Interior Ministry denies armed attack on Sharqiya police station

    Date: 2016-08-24 11:52:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:52 - ID:5482337

    CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry denied online reports that armed men opened fire on a police station in Sharqiya. What happened was that a person filed a report with the police station of Awlad Saqr after unidentified men accosted ....

  • MB element killed after attacking policeman guarding church

    Date: 2016-08-24 11:14:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:5482177

    CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) - A security force guarding Saint Fatima Church in Heliopolis was able to counter an attack by a Muslim Brotherhood member on a policeman outside the church. Ahmed Helal el Etreby, 19, attempted to attack one element of the ....

  • Tank shell found on Cairo-Alex. desert road

    Date: 2016-08-24 10:23:52 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:36 - ID:5481677

    CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Police have found a tank shell on Cairo-Alexandria desert road. Wady el Natroun police officers had received a report about a suspicious pointed 25cm object, five centimeters in diameter at 113 km on Cairo-Alexandria desert ....

  • Man shot dead after wounding policeman guarding church

    Date: 2016-08-24 09:53:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:28 - ID:5481237

    CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) - A security element guarding a church in the Nozha district of Cairo shot dead a man who attacked his colleague earlier Wednesday. A man with a white weapon wounded a policeman of the force deployed outside the church before ....

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