Security and Crime

  • Service : English General
  • Category : Security and Crime
  • Interior minister approves massive reshuffle

    Date: 2015-08-09 11:52:58 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:3127125

    CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghafar on Sunday approved a massive reshuffle of the ministry, extending to promotions of 34 top figures and transfers of various police chiefs and officers, according to a security source In ....

  • Essam Derbala dies of circulatory collapse

    Date: 2015-08-09 11:30:23 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:34 - ID:3126865

    CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Jailed member of al Gamaa al Islamiya (Islamic group) Essam Derbala died Saturday night while being carried to hospital for treatment, a security official said in a statement on Sunday. Derbala was suffering from fever, ....

  • 2 policemen killed, 3 wounded in Arish blast

    Date: 2015-08-09 11:26:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:30 - ID:3126861

    EL ARISH, Egypt, Aug 9 (MENA) - A bomb exploded in Arish city on Sunday killing two security men and wounding three others. The explosive device was planted on a road used by security forces. The dead include a police captain and a ....

  • 7 explosive charges detonated in south Sheikh Zuweid

    Date: 2015-08-09 08:10:00 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:8 - ID:3125593

    ARISH, Egypt, Aug 9 (MENA) - Security forces on Sunday detonated seven explosive charges during a security campaign in south Sheikh Zuweid, with no casualties reported. Security sources said takfiri elements planted the charges on Sheikh ....

  • Al Azhar condemns terrorist attack on police vehicle in Fayyoum

    Date: 2015-08-08 18:31:29 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:68 - ID:3124525

    CAIRO, Aug 8 (MENA) – Al Azhar has condemned a terrorist attack that targeted a police vehicle on Cairo-Fayyoum Road, leaving a police conscript dead and three others injured. Such crimes targeting police and army men are in contradiction with ....

  • MB deputy head, 16 others trial delayed to October 12

    Date: 2015-08-08 17:43:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:61 - ID:3124377

    MINYA, Egypt, August 8 (MENA) – A criminal court in Minya adjourned on Saturday the trial of terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Deputy Supreme Guide Mahmoud Ezzat and 16 other members of the group to October 12. The defendants are accused of ....

  • Infiltration bid by 135 persons into Libya foiled

    Date: 2015-08-08 13:44:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:3122925

    MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, Aug 8 (MENA) - An attempt by 135 people to infiltrate into Libya was thwarted by security forces in Marsa Matrouh. Matrouh security chief Hisham Lotfi said 135 infiltrators were arrested, including a Sudanese national, ....

  • Policeman killed in terrorist attack on Fayyoum-Cairo road

    Date: 2015-08-08 08:53:53 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:19 - ID:3121329

    FAYYOUM, Upper Egypt, Aug 8 (MENA) - A police conscript was killed and three others were wounded when gunmen opened fire at a police vehicle on Fayyoum-Cairo road on Saturday. Police cordoned off the area and security measures have been tightened ....

  • Interior minister condemns terrorist attack in Asir

    Date: 2015-08-08 08:41:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:16 - ID:3121249

    CAIRO, Aug 8 (MENA) - Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar has condemned the cowardly attack on Saudi troops in Asir area. In a cable to his Saudi counterpart Prince Mohamed bin Nayef, Abdel Ghaffar extended condolences for the death of the ....

  • 23 MB middle-ranking leaders arrested

    Date: 2015-08-05 13:55:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:3105025

    CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) – Twenty-three middle-ranking leaders of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group were arrested as part of intensive security measures to nab terror elements and restore order and security across the nation, said the Interior ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD