Security and Crime

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  • 2 guards slightly injured by gunshots in Menoufia

    Date: 2020-06-07 17:00:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:49 - ID:8460414

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - A gunman shot two night watchmen guarding a post office in a village in Quweisna in Menoufia governorate, a security source said on Sunday. The two guards were slightly injured and their assailant escaped on his motorbike. ....

  • Interior Ministry: 170 arrested for violating decision to halt construction works

    Date: 2020-06-05 17:24:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:51 - ID:8458105

    CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - Security bodies have arrested 170 people for violating the government's decision to halt all construction works, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Friday. This comes as part of large-scale campaigns launched by ....

  • Interior Ministry: 5,868 drivers punished for not wearing face masks

    Date: 2020-06-05 15:46:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:44 - ID:8457962

    CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry said on Friday it took legal procedures against 5,868 public transportation drivers over the past 24 hours for not wearing face masks. The move comes in implementation of the Cabinet's decision ....

  • Ancient artifacts found at house in Minya

    Date: 2020-06-02 11:15:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:23 - ID:8453590

    MINYA, June 2 (MENA) - Tourism and antiquities police forces in Minya managed to seize 374 antiques inside a house in Abu Besht, Minya, Upper Egypt. A security source said the the ancient pieces included necklaces, statues, scarabs, brass coins, ....

  • Well-placed source denies reports claiming police officer hit 3 detainees

    Date: 2020-06-01 18:38:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:50 - ID:8452918

    CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) - A well-placed source dismissed reports of some pro-Brotherhood satellite channels claiming that a police officer hit and injured three detainees in Qaliobiya governorate. These channels wired a video showing the three ....

  • Interior Ministry vows firm action against rumors mongers

    Date: 2020-05-31 05:35:58 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:4 - ID:8450620

    CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry vowed on Sunday to take firm action against anyone spreading rumors to disrupt public order. The ministry was responding to reports circulated in social media claiming that an employee in Tora prison ....

  • Interior ministry denies reports on COVID-19 death among Tora prison staff

    Date: 2020-05-30 18:59:19 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:46 - ID:8450432

    CAIRO, May 30 (MENA) - A security official denied Saturday reports circulated on social media platforms about the death of a civil servant working at the Tora Prison complex due to COVID-19. The official stressed that these reports, which were ....

  • 754 supply cases recorded over past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-05-29 19:25:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:8449390

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Security bodies recorded 754 supply cases over the past 24 hours to fight all forms of commercial fraud. Also, 160 stores, restaurants and shopping malls have been shut down. The campaign is part of the ministry's ....

  • 7,471 violations of curfew recorded over past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-05-29 19:06:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:63 - ID:8449391

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) – Security bodies detected 7,471 violations of the partial curfew over the past 24 hours. The curfew was broken by 5,194 individuals, about 2,000 vehicles, 168 motorcycles, and 107 three-wheel vehicles (tuk-tuks) over the ....

  • Interior Ministry: 74 arrested for violating decision to halt construction works

    Date: 2020-05-28 16:30:37 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:39 - ID:8448234

    CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - Security bodies have arrested 74 people for violating the government's decision to halt all construction works, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. This comes as part of large-scale campaigns launched by ....

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