Security and Crime

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  • 2 bomb planters killed in fire exchange with security forces

    Date: 2015-05-18 09:30:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:26 - ID:2610321

    CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) – Two men accused of carrying out a botched assassination plot against a senior judge last week were killed during a fire exchange with security forces, an Interior Ministry media official said. The two have planted ....

  • Unidentified gunmen injure police sergeant in Fayyoum

    Date: 2015-05-18 09:27:19 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:24 - ID:2610789

    FAYYOUM, Egypt, May 18 (MENA) – A police sergeant was injured after unidentified persons opened fire on him in Fayyoum this morning. Sergeant Hamada Saleh was returning home when the shooting took place. He was shot in the abdomen and thigh and ....

  • Guard dies in hospital after attack on police vehicle

    Date: 2015-05-18 08:32:21 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:17 - ID:2610405

    ZAGAZIG, May 18 (MENA) - A security guard succumbed to gunshot injuries he had sustained in an attack on a police vehicle in Belbais city of Sharqiya late Sunday. Ahmed Mohamed Saeed was moved to hospital after two unidentified persons riding a ....

  • 2 home-made bombs blow up in Zaqaziq

    Date: 2015-05-18 08:31:56 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:16 - ID:2610365

    ZAQZIQ, May 18 (MENA) - Two home-made bombs went off here late on Sunday but no casualties were reported. The bombs were planted under two private cars near Sawares Square. Security forces cordoned off the area and combed the scene to look for ....

  • Fire at Sama Aswan project controlled

    Date: 2015-05-18 08:31:28 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:15 - ID:2610369

    ASWAN, May 18 (MENA) - Civil defense forces put out the fire that erupted at Sama Aswan tourist project late on Sunday but no casualties were reported. The fire caused damage to the ground floor of the project located on Kornich el Nile. Three ....

  • Security forces on high alert in Suez, Hurghada

    Date: 2015-05-18 08:30:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:13 - ID:2610377

    SUEZ/HURGHADA, May 18 (MENA) - Police forces in Suez maintained on Monday strict security measures outside the Suez court complex, judges and employees inside as well as all roads leading to the building and its gates. The forces were placed on ....

  • Power tower explodes in Aswan

    Date: 2015-05-18 07:50:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:11 - ID:2609877

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, May 18 (MENA) - A number of unidentified persons have bombed an electricity tower at the entrance to Fares village on Aswan-Cairo desert road. Three makeshift bombs went off causing a blackout in a number of areas in Kalabsha ....

  • Conscript wounded in attack on security checkpoint in Ismailia

    Date: 2015-05-18 07:13:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:7 - ID:2609861

    ISMAILIA, May 18 (MENA) - One conscript was wounded in a terrorist attack targeting a security checkpoint on Ismailia-Suez desert road. Ashraf Abdel Azim sustained a bullet in the foot when unidentified men driving a car opened fire at the ....

  • Two gendarmes wounded in drive-by shooting

    Date: 2015-05-17 22:31:17 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:129 - ID:2609129

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, May 17 (MENA) - Two gendarmes were wounded when unknown assailants driving a motorcycle opened fire at a police vehicle in Sharqia governorate. The two were moved to the hospital for treatment. A manhunt was launched to arrest ....

  • Wanted gunman killed in clashes with Gharbia police

    Date: 2015-05-17 22:10:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:127 - ID:2609097

    TANTA, May 17 (MENA) – A gunman was killed Sunday in clashes with Gharbia police, said a security source. The 36-year-old man was wanted for charges of robbery, possessing firearms and drug trafficking. Firearms and amounts of drugs were ....

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