Security and Crime
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4 MB elements arrested over charges of inciting violence, protests in Alex
Date: 2015-08-05 12:07:19 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:45 - ID:3104961
ALEXANDRIA, Aug 5 (MENA) - Alexandria security forces on Wednesday arrested four members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group in a security campaign in eastern the coastal city. Criminal investigation officers were ordered to carry out a ....
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Operation room in N. Sinai amid New Suez Canal celebrations
Date: 2015-08-04 18:19:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:97 - ID:3101097
ARISH, Aug 4 (MENA) – North Sinai governor Abdel Fattah Harhour has formed a main operation room at the governorate during the celebrations marking the inauguration of the New Suez Canal. Harhour also formed other operation rooms in the ....
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23 suspects arrested in North Sinai
Date: 2015-08-04 17:28:07 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:94 - ID:3101077
ARISH, Aug 4 (MENA) - At least 23 suspects were arrested in a security campaign in North Sinai on Tuesday, security sources said. The campaign targeted the cities of Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah. The sources added that a number of hideouts were ....
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Interior minister inspects troops securing New Suez Canal celebrations
Date: 2015-08-04 15:52:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:83 - ID:3100377
ISMAILIA, Egypt, Aug 4 (MENA) - Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said he could sense the high spirit of troops tasked with securing the ceremony marking the inauguration of the New Suez Canal. Those troops are keen on carrying out their ....
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7 killed, wounded in shell attack in N. Sinai
Date: 2015-08-04 13:18:29 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:55 - ID:3099149
ARISH, Egypt, Aug 4 (MENA) - Five people including four children were killed and two others were wounded when a stray shell fell on their house South of Sheikh Zowayed, a security source in North Sinai said on Tuesday. The bodies of the killed ....
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Policeman killed in armed attack in Sharqiya
Date: 2015-08-04 09:01:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:16 - ID:3096765
SHARQIYA, Egypt, Aug 4 (MENA) - A police non-commissioned officer was killed early Tuesday in an armed attack in Sharqiya. Armed men riding a motorbike opened fire at the 32-year policeman on his way to work and fled the scene. Checkpoints ....
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Car of Sharqiya court chief explodes – no injuries
Date: 2015-08-02 12:05:03 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:3085985
ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Aug 2 (MENA) – Unidentified persons bombed the car of head of Khanka court while parked outside his house in Sharqiya on Sunday but no injuries were reported. The car was completely damaged and the windows of several houses in the ....
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20 takfiris killed in N. Sinai crackdown
Date: 2015-08-01 15:34:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:63 - ID:3082217
ARISH, Egypt, Aug 1 (MENA) - As many as 20 takfiris have been killed and seven suspects were nabbed during a wide-scale security operation in southern Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah. Security sources said that the troops destroyed terrorist hotbeds, two ....
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Nuweiba customs foils bid to smuggle ivory, foreign currencies
Date: 2015-07-31 15:12:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:70 - ID:3076525
CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) - Nuweiba customs authory foiled Friday an attempt to smuggle a big quantity of ivory and foreign currencies. Customs officials were suspicious about a box that arrived as part of a furniture shipment coming from Saudi ....
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Attempt of 19 people to illegally immigrate to Italy foiled
Date: 2015-07-31 13:13:34 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:55 - ID:3075885
DAMANHUR, Egypt, July 31 (MENA) – Border guards have foiled an attempt by 19 people of different nationalities to illegally immigrate to Italy via Idko city in Behaira governorate. The border guards informed Idko police that they nabbed 19 people ....