Security and Crime

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  • 6 Takfiris killed, 13 suspects arrested in security campaign in N. Sinai

    Date: 2015-05-01 12:25:39 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:45 - ID:2496573

    ARISH, May 1 (MENA) – Security bodies in northern Arish, Sheikh Zuwied and Rafah launched wide scale security campaigns in which six Takfiris were killed and 13 suspects arrested. Also, the security forces destroyed a number of terrorist hideouts ....

  • Highly-explosive bomb defused on train tracks in Ain Shams

    Date: 2015-05-01 11:53:00 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:41 - ID:2496245

    CAIRO, May 1 (MENA) – Bomb disposal squads dismantled a highly-explosive bomb planted on the rail tracks in Ain Shams district of eastern Cairo before a train coming from Suez drove by. Director of the transport police el Sayed Gad el Haq told ....

  • Gharbiya police chief inspects checkpoints in Tanta

    Date: 2015-05-01 10:01:10 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:29 - ID:2495457

    TANTA, Egypt, May 1 (MENA) - Gharbiya Security Chief Abdel Hamid Abdel Azim toured Friday a number of fixed and mobile checkpoints that have been set up at the entrances to and exits of the Nile Delta city of Tanta. All governmental and vital ....

  • Security measures beefed up in Alexandria in anticipation of protests

    Date: 2015-05-01 09:50:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:28 - ID:2495453

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, May 1 (MENA) - Security measures have been beefed up in the coastal city of Alexandria in anticipation of protests by the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group. Rapid deployment forces were positioned on main squares in Alexandria ....

  • 2 MB members arrested in North Sinai

    Date: 2015-05-01 09:20:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:19 - ID:2495341

    AL ARISH, Egypt, May 1 (MENA) – North Sinai police on Friday arrested two members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group over accusations of violence. One of the arrestees faces charges of committing violence and attacking policemen and ....

  • 3 fake bombs found in Dmanhour

    Date: 2015-04-30 22:55:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:155 - ID:2494105

    DAMNHOUR, Egypt, April 30 (MENA) - Three bomb-like objects were found in Damnhour city of Beheira governorate on Thursday in conjunction with a visit by Culture Minister Abdel Wahed el Nabawi to the city. A bomb squad was summoned to the scene to ....

  • 56 wanted criminals arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2015-04-30 21:26:58 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:145 - ID:2493921

    ARISH, Egypt, April 30 (MENA) - Police arrested 56 wanted criminals in a crackdown in Arish city of North Sinai on Thursday. Also, 256 traffic violations were recorded, a security source said. The crackdown targeted entrances and exits of ....

  • Police foil smuggling bid at Cairo Airport

    Date: 2015-04-30 21:23:01 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:144 - ID:2493893

    CAIRO, April 30 (MENA) - Cairo Airport authorities on Thursday foiled an attempt to smuggle a huge amount of cell phones. While finalizing the customs procedures of passengers of an EgyptAir flight coming from Saudi, officers suspected a passenger ....

  • 2 bombs defused in Cairo Metro station

    Date: 2015-04-30 20:26:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:138 - ID:2493729

    CAIRO, April 30 (MENA) - Sappers dismantled two home-made bombs found in Cairo's Ghamra Metro station late Thursday. Security guards of the station found the bombs in a plastic bag on the platform, head of transport police el Sayyed Gad el Haq told ....

  • Soldier injured in bomb blast in North Sinai

    Date: 2015-04-30 13:31:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:75 - ID:2490721

    EL ARISH, Egypt, April 30 (MENA) - A soldier was injured when an explosive device went off south of Sheikh Zuweid. Also, a citizen was injured when a mortar shell fell on his house in south Rafah. The pair was transferred to a nearby hospital to ....

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