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Policeman, 8 civilians killed in Helwan church attack: Interior Ministry
Date: 2017-12-29 13:31:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:40 - ID:7164911
CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry said on Friday that security forces wounded and arrested a gunman who attempted to detonate a bomb near Mar Mina Church in Helwan district in southern Cairo. A gunfight erupted between the gunman and ....
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Security foils attack on Helwan church, kills terrorist: Sources
Date: 2017-12-29 10:53:49 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:25 - ID:7164644
CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Security apparatuses thwarted on Friday a terrorist attack that targeted a church in the southern Cairo district of Helwan, a well-placed security source at the Interior Ministry told MENA. A terrorist was killed in a ....
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Interior Ministry closes 6 accounts on social networks over inciting violence
Date: 2017-12-28 15:25:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:59 - ID:7163688
CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) – Interior Ministry’s communication and technology department closed in one week six accounts on social networks that incite sabotaging and violence against institutions and citizens. The department also filed a report ....
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Passenger arrested at airport with drugs in his possession
Date: 2017-12-27 18:19:23 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:59 - ID:7162397
CAIRO, Dec 27 (MENA) - A passenger was arrested at the Cairo International Airport before smuggling 16,286 narcotic pills abroad. The pills were identified as Tramadol drug. Faced by the charges, the passenger confessed to possessing the ....
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Security official denies statistics on terrorist attacks in Egypt
Date: 2017-12-26 19:15:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:76 - ID:7160817
CAIRO, Dec 26 (MENA) - An official security source denied on Tuesday the Interior Ministry's issuance of any statistics on the terrorist attacks that took place in Egypt this year. The figures aired Monday on a privately-owned TV channel are ....
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8 Takfiris killed, another nabbed in central Sinai - military spokesman
Date: 2017-12-25 16:13:07 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:57 - ID:7158949
CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) - The third field army in cooperation with the Air Forces managed over the past few days to kill eight Takfiri elements and arrest another one in central Sinai. In a statement on Monday, the military spokesman Tamer el Refaie ....
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Interior Ministry: 18 terrorists killed, arrested in manhunt operations in Sharqiya, Cairo
Date: 2017-12-24 13:41:20 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:54 - ID:7156943
CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - Nine terrorists have been killed and nine others arrested in manhunt operations in Sharqiya and Cairo, the Interior Ministry announced Sunday. Acting on a tip, police stormed a farm in el Salehiya el Gadida district of the ....
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Ayyat shooting criminal attack, security source says
Date: 2017-12-24 08:02:36 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:12 - ID:7156124
GIZA, Dec 24 (MENA) - A security source said Ayyat shooting, that left three people dead and six others wounded late on Saturday, is a criminal attack. Four masked persons driving motorbikes opened fire at the occupants of a cafe in Al Ayyat ....
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Alexandria beefs up security services around churches ahead of Christmas
Date: 2017-12-23 09:11:59 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:20 - ID:7154737
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, 23 (MENA) - Alexandria security directorate beefed up security measures around churches ahead of Christmas celebrations. Alexandria directorate intensified security convoys and placed iron cordons at streets and areas ....
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13 killed, 3 injured in road accident in Beni Suef
Date: 2017-12-20 18:56:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:58 - ID:7151254
BENI SUEF, Egypt, Dec 20 (MENA) – As many as thirteen people were killed and three others injured when a microbus collided with a truck on a highway in Beni Suef governorate. The bodies and the hurt were rushed to Beni Suef public hospital. ....