Security and Crime

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  • Bomb explodes in Arish; no casualties reported

    Date: 2016-06-25 18:23:29 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:71 - ID:5158769

    ARISH, Egypt, June 25 (MENA) - A bomb went off in Arish in North Sinai on Saturday, leaving no casualties, said security sources. Th explosive charge was planted by unknown persons in ElBahr Street. It exploded while a patrol was passing. An ....

  • Six MB members in custody over violence charges in Gharbiya

    Date: 2016-06-25 17:35:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:69 - ID:5158557

    TANTA, Egypt,June 25 (MENA) - Six Muslim Brotherhood members in Gharbia, north of Cairo, have been remanded in custody pending investigations into violence charges. The suspects, from Mahala, Samanoud and Zeftah cities, are accused of inciting ....

  • Man accused of scamming foreigners arrested

    Date: 2016-06-23 12:55:42 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:66 - ID:5147069

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) – Security bodies arrested an unemployed man over scamming foreigners. The man deceived foreigners into believing that he possesses a chemical material that if dripped on counterfeit dollars, it turns them into real money, ....

  • Policemen seize 2.4m fireworks in Cairo

    Date: 2016-06-23 12:36:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:58 - ID:5146429

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - Policemen seized on Thursday 2.4 million fireworks of different sizes and shapes at six stores in Cairo. This came as part of security campaign launched ahead of Eidul Fitr to prevent the spread of such hazardous ....

  • Asmarat police station goes into service

    Date: 2016-06-23 12:08:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:50 - ID:5146177

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - The police station in el Asmarat district in Moqattam started on Thursday providing security services for residents after President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inaugurated this social housing project earlier this month. This move ....

  • 104 prisoners pardoned, 151 others released on parole from jails nationwide

    Date: 2016-06-23 11:55:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:44 - ID:5146169

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - The Prisoners' Sector at the Interior Ministry decided to pardon 104 inmates and release 151 prisoners on parole from jails throughout the country. The prison service sector said it had formed committees to check on ....

  • Two criminals behind Mahala natural gas kiosk fire arrested

    Date: 2016-06-23 11:45:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:43 - ID:5146057

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - Security forces managed to arrest the criminals behind torching a natural gas distribution kiosk in Mahala city. Investigations uncovered that two 15-year-old boys set ablaze a pile of garbage near the kiosk. One of ....

  • Intensive efforts underway to arrest attackers of policemen in Arish

    Date: 2016-06-22 17:03:02 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:90 - ID:5142765

    CAIRO, June 22 (MENA) - Security forces are stepping up efforts to arrest gunmen who opened fire at two policeman in Arish on Wednesday. The drive-by-shooting resulted in the death of police sergeant Sami Bassyouni and injury of non-commissioned ....

  • One policeman killed, another wounded by gunmen in Arish

    Date: 2016-06-22 16:00:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:82 - ID:5142457

    ARISH, June 22 (MENA) - A police sergeant was killed and another wounded when gunmen opened fire at them in Arish in northern Sinai, a security source told MENA Wednesday. Security forces launched a manhunt to arrest the attackers, the source ....

  • Interior Ministry denies poisoning reports among Tora prison security men

    Date: 2016-06-22 15:00:34 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:69 - ID:5141765

    CAIRO, June 22 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry denied on Wednesday media reports that some of the security forces of Tora Prison suffered from food poisoning. These are groundless reports, an official at the Interior Ministry's Information Center ....

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