Security and Crime

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  • 817 prisoners pardoned after reviewing their cases - Ministry

    Date: 2018-10-31 11:11:06 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:29 - ID:7647798

    CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) - As many as 817 prisoners have been pardoned on the anniversary of the October War, said the department of jails of the Interior Ministry on Wednesday. The number included 339 prisoners who will be given conditional release ....

  • Giza security arrest car thieves

    Date: 2018-10-30 13:08:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:7646337

    GIZA, Egypt, Oct 30 (MENA) - Security forces in Giza arrested one of the most dangerous gangs in stealing cars with 41 vehicles reported missing by owners in various governorates in their possession. The thieves admitted stealing cars and ....

  • Convict gunned down in exchange of fire with police

    Date: 2018-10-29 16:23:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:92 - ID:7644977

    CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - A fugitive convict has been killed in an exchange of fire with the police in Gharbiya. The 27-year-old convict had been convicted in a robbery case with attacking policemen and possessing cold weapons. Security sources ....

  • Police arrest hacker of Facebook, Twitter accounts

    Date: 2018-10-29 13:49:52 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:72 - ID:7644595

    CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - The Ministry of Interior has arrested a man for hacking a number of personal social media accounts and blackmailing their victims to pay money in return for their photos. The Ministry's Information Technology Department had ....

  • Man behind policeman car blast arrested

    Date: 2018-10-29 11:09:04 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:47 - ID:7644157

    CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - Security forces arrested the man behind a bomb blast of a policeman car in Helwan on Saturday. This is a criminal act not a terrorist one, the Interior Ministry said. A bomb was placed at the back of Brigadier General ....

  • Wanted criminal shot dead in Menoufia

    Date: 2018-10-24 17:52:49 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:73 - ID:7637335

    CAIRO, Oct 24 (MENA) - A wanted criminal was shot dead on Wednesday in a shootout with police in Menoufia in the Nile Delta of Egypt. The 39-year old felon is reported to be involved in shooting a farmer dead and injuring his son before stealing ....

  • Man arrested in Minya with 200 artifacts in possession

    Date: 2018-10-24 15:57:59 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:67 - ID:7637206

    MINYA, Upper Egypt, Oct 24 (MENA) - A man was arrested Wednesday in Minya governorate with 200 antiquities in his possession. Ahmed Sh. A. was hiding the ancient pieces in his house with the aim of trading in them. All legal procedures were ....

  • 11 terrorists killed in shoot-out with police - Interior Ministry

    Date: 2018-10-24 10:24:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:24 - ID:7636484

    CAIRO, Oct 24 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry announced the killing of 11 terrorists in a shoot-out with police forces in a mountainous area at km 60 on the Dashloot/Farafra road, west hinterland. The Interior Ministry, in a statement released ....

  • Fire at Virgin Mary church caused by short circuit - Coptic Church

    Date: 2018-10-20 21:30:06 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:66 - ID:7630820

    CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) - A fire that broke out at Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo's Ain Shams was caused by an electrical short circuit, Coptic Orthodox Church's spokesman Boulos Halim said on Saturday. No casualties were reported, ....

  • Nationwide security campaigns launched to arrest outlaws, firearms

    Date: 2018-10-20 14:00:45 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:7630254

    CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) - Egypt's security bodies have carried out nationwide campaigns to seize unlicensed firearms and arrest outlaws, drug holders, dealers and fugitives. The campaigns, launched over the past 24 hours, resulted in seizing 58 ....

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