Security and Crime
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Security source: Police captain Mohamed el Hayes freed, rushed to hospital
Date: 2017-10-31 16:10:53 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:7067989
CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) - Police captain Mohamed el Hayes, who was abducted by terrorists implicated in Wahat attack earlier this month, was freed by security apparatuses. In statements to MENA Tuesday, the security source said that the Giza ....
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Red Sea security returns stolen money to German tourist
Date: 2017-10-31 08:46:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:11 - ID:7066748
HURGHADA, Egypt, Oct 31 (MENA) - Red Sea security bodies managed to track and return stolen money to a German female tourist, who works as a diving instructor in Hurghada. Acting upon a tip-off, security bodies managed to arrest the robber, a ....
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Fugitive leader of Al Jama'a Al Islamiya arrested - Interior Ministry
Date: 2017-10-30 10:08:48 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:18 - ID:7065221
CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) - Police arrested one of the leaders of Al Jama'a Al Islamiya, who was running away from executing a life sentence, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The defendant, identified as Abdel Kader Abdel Ghani, was charged ....
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16 arrested with firearms in Qena
Date: 2017-10-29 07:55:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:8 - ID:7063352
QENA, Egypt, Oct 29 (MENA) - Police in Qena, south of Cairo, have arrested 16 people with firearms in their possession. Among the arms is a machine gun that was seized with a man, identified as Mohamed Mahgoub Abdel Basit Mohamed in Qena ....
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Bid to smuggle 13,000 narcotic pills foiled at Salloum border checkpoint
Date: 2017-10-28 12:05:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:25 - ID:7062515
CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - An attempt to smuggle 13,500 narcotic pills into the country has been foiled at Salloum border checkpoint on Saturday. The port security officers arrested a driver who came from Libya with a metal door in his possession ....
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13 terrorists killed in clashes with police forces, says Interior Ministry
Date: 2017-10-27 12:20:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:33 - ID:7061156
CAIRO, Oct 27 (MENA) - Up to 13 terrorists were killed in a firefight with security forces near Kilo 47 on the Assiut-Kharga highway, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. This came as part of efforts exerted to eliminate terrorists standing ....
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Border guards arrest 43 illegal migrants - military spokesman
Date: 2017-10-27 11:16:39 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:30 - ID:7060833
CAIRO, Oct 27 (MENA) - Border guards in cooperation with forces of the western military zone on Friday arrested 43 people of various nationalities over illegal migration attempts. Forces also managed to seize a fishing boat carrying 280,000 pills ....
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12 terrorists killed in shoot-out with police on Wahat road
Date: 2017-10-27 09:39:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:19 - ID:7060831
CAIRO, Oct 27 (MENA) - Twelve terrorists were killed Friday morning in fierce clashes with security forces on Wahat road near the New Valley governorate, a high-level security source told MENA. The Homeland Security Service received information ....
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Interior min. allows 21 citizens to obtain foreign nationalities
Date: 2017-10-26 07:47:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:9 - ID:7058849
CAIRO, Oct 26 (MENA) - Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar allowed 21 Egyptians to obtain foreign nationalities, while retaining their Egyptian nationality. The decision was published in the gazette on Thursday. (MENA) M N E/R R N ....
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Two terrorists killed, third injured in foiled attack in Arish
Date: 2017-10-25 22:25:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:100 - ID:7058681
CAIRO, Oct 25 (MENA) – Two terrorists were killed while a third one was injured in a terror attack in Arish, North Sinai, the Interior Ministry said. In a statement, an official said the forces managed to prevent attack by five militants driving ....