Security and Crime

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  • Attempt to attack Cairo's church foiled, suicide bomber dead

    Date: 2018-08-11 13:02:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:24 - ID:7528675

    CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - Security forces thwarted on Saturday an attempt by an unidentified suicide bomber to break into a church in Musturud, a Cairo suburb. Wearing an explosive belt, the attacker tried to get closer to the church before forces ....

  • 2 killed, 11 injured in Beni Suef road accident

    Date: 2018-08-10 19:32:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:7527943

    BENI SUEF, Egypt, Aug 10 (MENA) - Two persons were killed and 11 other inured when a microbus collided with a vehicle on Beni Suef desert road on Friday. The bodies and injured were moved the governorate's general hospital. The cause behind ....

  • Attempt to smuggle medicines foiled

    Date: 2018-08-09 15:01:29 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:54 - ID:7526363

    CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Security forces thwarted on Thursday an attempt to smuggle a quantity of medicines and cosmetics abroad. The customs duties levied on the smuggled items are worth EGP 10 million. The smuggled items included pills, ....

  • Health official arrested in Qalyubia over bribery charges

    Date: 2018-08-07 22:56:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:90 - ID:7523620

    BENHA, Aug 7 (MENA) – Qalyubia security forces arrested on Tuesday a senior official at the health directorate in El Qanater El Khayreya city over bribery charges. The health official was apprehended while receiving a bribe of EGP 50.000 in ....

  • Criminal gunned down in shootout with police in New Valley

    Date: 2018-08-07 13:48:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:44 - ID:7522970

    CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - A dangerous criminal has been killed in an exchange of fire with policemen in Farafara area in El Wady El Gadid (the New Valley). The criminal was wanted by the police for being involved in killing and wounding four persons ....

  • Nine injured in Dokki car accident - Health Ministry

    Date: 2018-08-06 09:37:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:21 - ID:7520779

    CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Health and Population Ministry said on Monday nine people were injured when a microbus and a car collided in Giza's Dokki district. The two vehicles caught fire on the back of the crash. In a statement, Health ....

  • Security source: Short circuit causes car explosion on way up to October 6th bridge

    Date: 2018-08-06 09:36:04 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:20 - ID:7520763

    CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - A short circuit caused a car to explode on its way up to October 6th flyover in Doqqi district of Giza, a security source told MENA Monday. Civil defense troops and explosive experts rushed to the scene of the blast and ....

  • Eleven terrorists killed in fire exchange with security forces in Arish - security source

    Date: 2018-08-05 06:32:28 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:1 - ID:7519006

    CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Eleven terrorists were killed in a fire exchange with security forces in Arish, a security source said. In statements to MENA on Sunday, the source said security bodies received a tip that a group of terrorists was hiding in ....

  • 6 killed, 27 others wounded in bus accident on Mersa Matruh-Alexandria road

    Date: 2018-08-04 17:59:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:7518704

    MERSA MATRUH, Egypt, Aug 4 (MENA) - Six people were killed and 27 others wounded in a bus accident on Mersa Matruh-Alexandria road in Matruh governorate, Health and Population Directorate in Matruh governorate said Saturday. East Delta Travel ....

  • Police officer remanded in custody over customs bribery case

    Date: 2018-08-02 15:13:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:54 - ID:7516075

    CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) - A magistrate at New Cairo Court ordered remanding in custody a police officer for 15 days pending investigations into a bribery case in which the head of the Egyptian Customs Authority is implicated. Earlier, the Supreme ....

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