Omar Hasanen
Prosecution starts interrogations over soccer match riot
Egypt
September 7, 2011
Prosecution starts interrogations over soccer match riot
Nasr City prosecution on Wednesday began interrogating 16 football fans accused of participating in riots that followed a football match…
Interior ministry: Police cracking down on crime, searching for 110,000 suspects and fugitives
Egypt
June 10, 2011
Interior ministry: Police cracking down on crime, searching for 110,000 suspects and fugitives
There are nearly 110,000 criminal suspects and convicts on the loose in Egypt, representing a major challenge for the police,…
Official Source: 301 cases of assault on police in 5 months
Egypt
June 9, 2011
Official Source: 301 cases of assault on police in 5 months
There have been 301 cases of assault on police officers in Egypt in the five months following the 25 January…
Downtown gunfight leaves 60 injured
Egypt
May 5, 2011
Downtown gunfight leaves 60 injured
Sixty people were injured on Wednesday, including six policemen, as merchants on Abdel Aziz Street in Cairo exchanged gunfire and…
Family feud kills 5 in northeast Cairo
Egypt
March 23, 2011
Family feud kills 5 in northeast Cairo
Disagreements between two families in al-Marg, in northeast Cairo, have led to the deaths of five people and the burning…
First director of new National Security Department appointed
Egypt
March 20, 2011
First director of new National Security Department appointed
Interior Minister Mansour al-Essawy on Sunday appointed Hamed Abdallah as the first director of the National Security Department, which was…
11 killed, 8 injured in fire at security forces camp
Egypt
September 9, 2010
11 killed, 8 injured in fire at security forces camp
A huge fire broke out late Wednesday evening in a Central Security Forces camp in al-Marg, killing 11 soldiers and…
Tosson protest ends with arrest of leader
Egypt
August 16, 2010
Tosson protest ends with arrest of leader
A protest by Tosson residents which blocked the street leading to the Ministry of Agriculture headquarters ended yesterday when the…
Factory bus hijacked by armed men in Sinai
Egypt
July 27, 2010
Factory bus hijacked by armed men in Sinai
A bus transporting 30 factory workers to their workplace in the Sinai Peninsula was hijacked by armed men on Tuesday.The…
Two policemen killed in attack on prison bus
Egypt
February 3, 2010
Two policemen killed in attack on prison bus
A police officer and a soldier were killed and three others injured Wednesday when unidentified gunmen attacked a police bus…