Security and Crime
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Fugitive Brotherhood member arrested in Sohag
Date: 2015-12-17 12:46:34 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:58 - ID:3946241
SOHAG, Upper Egypt, Dec 17 (MENA) - Security forces in Sohag arrested a fugitive, who is member of the terrorist Brotherhood group and was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment over charges of being involved in clashes and burning Coptic ....
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Zagazig University president injured after armed men shot him in Sharqiya
Date: 2015-12-17 10:48:54 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:3945297
CAIRO, Dec 17 (MENA) – Zagazig University President Abdel Hakim Nour el Din was injured with two bullets in his leg when three armed men opened fire at him. In exclusive statements to MENA, a security source said the attack occurred while Nour el ....
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Heavy fuel-loaded cargo train derails near Suez
Date: 2015-12-17 06:06:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:3 - ID:3943453
SUEZ, Dec 17 (MENA) - A cargo train loaded with Mazut and heavy fuel jumped off rail tracks Wednesday evening near Suez, causing the leakage of petroleum materials in the desert area adjacent to the railroad. Four fire engines rushed to the area ....
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Attempt by 30 persons to sneak into Libya foiled in Matrouh
Date: 2015-12-17 05:41:39 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:2 - ID:3943417
MARSA MATROUH, Dec 17 (MENA) - Matrouhh security forces, in coordination with border guards, thwarted an attempt by 30 persons to infiltrate into Libya illegally via Salloum, Matrouh security chief Hisham Lotfi said. The infiltrators are all ....
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French police open fire on car ramming barrier of Invalides monument
Date: 2015-12-16 13:30:01 GMT - France - Security and Crime - SN:71 - ID:3939909
PARIS, Dec 16 (MENA) - Paris police have opened fire on a car that rammed the barriers at France's Invalides monument, stopping the vehicle and arresting the driver, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. A policeman with the gendarmerie fired ....
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Interior Ministry denies AI claims of torturing boy during detention
Date: 2015-12-16 13:12:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:3939557
CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry has denied Amnesty International (AI) claims that it tortured a boy arrested for carrying out quality operations for the Muslim Brotherhood group. The AI says that 14-year-old Mazen Mohamed Abdallah ....
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Border guards foil attempt for smuggling large amounts of explosives, drugs
Date: 2015-12-16 09:45:51 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:23 - ID:3937201
CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) - As part of the Armed Forces efforts to control the security situation on all strategic fronts, Egyptian border guards have managed to foil an attempt for smuggling explosives and drug tablets in a civilian vehicle. The ....
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Soldier killed in suicide attack in Arish
Date: 2015-12-15 18:53:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:101 - ID:3934209
ARISH, Dec 15 (MENA) – A soldier was killed Tuesday when a suicide attacker blew himself in face of a security group in Arish, North Sinai. According to security sources, a man wearing an explosive belt carried out the assault against the security ....
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300 tons of hashish seized in 3 years - official
Date: 2015-12-15 12:52:03 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:33 - ID:3932061
CAIRO, Dec 15 (MENA) – Security agencies seized more than 300 tons of hashish and large amounts of heroin and cocaine on the western borders with Libya before their smuggling into the Egyptian market in the past three years, Director of the ....
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Driver remanded in custody for 15 more days after pedestrian bridge rammed
Date: 2015-12-14 19:23:39 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:99 - ID:3927241
BENHA, Dec 14 (MENA) – A speedy truck driver was remanded in custody for 15 more days over ramming a pedestrian bridge on Cairo-Alexandria Agriculture Road. The speedy driver rammed into the concrete structure of the bridge, but no casualties ....