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Fugitive convicted in bank armed robbery case arrested
Date: 2015-05-28 10:38:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:40 - ID:2682049
CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) – Security forces arrested on Thursday a fugitive who was convicted earlier in an HSBC armed robbery case. Earlier, a court sentenced the defendant to life in prison after robbing an HSBC branch in New Cairo district of Cairo ....
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Sinai police destroy 8 feddans of cannabis
Date: 2015-05-28 10:26:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:2682053
CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - South Sinai security forces destroyed eight feddans of narcotic cannabis and seized 700 kilograms of bango. Acting upon a tip-off, police raided 11 farms covering eight feddans, all cultivated by cannabis in Wady Sedr ....
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Makeshift bomb defused in Giza -- security official
Date: 2015-05-28 10:25:04 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:2681793
CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - A makeshift bomb was defused on Thursday at Badrashin railway station in Giza. Assistant interior minister for the transportation department Sayed Gad el Haq said the police received a tip off about a suspicious object, ....
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Policeman dies while dousing Cairo fire
Date: 2015-05-28 10:05:29 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:34 - ID:2681681
CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) - A non-commissioned officer died on Thursday while dousing a fire that erupted at a building in the working-class Cairo district of Sayeda Zeinab. Eissa Abd Rabbouh, 47, was pinned under flaming debris. He was carried to ....
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23 MB members arrested on violence charges
Date: 2015-05-28 09:46:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:29 - ID:2681513
CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) – Security forces arrested on Thursday 23 mid-ranking members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group. Troops managed to arrest also seven members of quality operations committees affiliated to the terrorist group in ....
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Bomb goes off at level crossing in Sharqiya
Date: 2015-05-28 09:30:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:25 - ID:2681529
ZAQAZIQ, May 28 (MENA) - An explosive device went off at a level crossing in Sharqiya on Thursday, cutting off part of the rail tracks and disrupting train traffic on Zaqaziq/Kafr Saqr and Zaqaziq/Salhia lines. No casualties were ....
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643 people killed, wounded in North Sinai in one year
Date: 2015-05-27 19:26:29 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:148 - ID:2678993
EL-ARISH, Egypt, May 27 (MENA) - The number of security forces and civilians who have been killed and wounded in North Sinai during this year reached 643, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Tareq Khater, the undersecretary of the health ....
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5 policemen including 3 officers wounded in Arish attack
Date: 2015-05-27 16:59:03 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:125 - ID:2678553
AL-ARISH, May 27 (MENA) – Five policemen, including three officers, were wounded when an explosive device hit an armored vehicle in Al-Arish in North Sinai, security sources said on Wednesday. They said Takfiri militants have planted the bomb ....
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Passenger arrested over possessing 34 wireless devices at airport
Date: 2015-05-27 16:35:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:116 - ID:2678293
CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) - Cairo International Airport authorities arrested on Wednesday a US citizen of an Egyptian origin, coming from Germany, for possessing 34 wireless devices. While finalizing arrival procedures, customs officials suspected ....
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Policeman killed in Arish blast
Date: 2015-05-27 16:33:50 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:115 - ID:2678017
CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) - A policeman was killed and another sustained injuries on Wednesday when a bomb exploded in Arish city. A statement by the Interior Ministry said the bomb went off while the troops were passing by an Arish road. (MENA) M ....
