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2 prisoners escape during armed attack on police truck
Egypt
August 11, 2011
2 prisoners escape during armed attack on police truck
Gunmen attacked a police truck on Thursday as it was transferring prisoners from the Shebin district to the district of…
33 Egyptian prisoners arrive on plane from Tripoli
Egypt
August 4, 2011
33 Egyptian prisoners arrive on plane from Tripoli
Thirty-three Egyptian prisoners arrived in Cairo on Thursday, returning from Libya after the Egyptian Foreign Ministry successfully convinced the Libyan…
Escape of 70 Cairo prisoners foiled
Egypt
June 27, 2011
Escape of 70 Cairo prisoners foiled
Security forces on Monday prevented 70 prisoners from escaping from the Mansheyet Nasser prison in northeast Cairo. A security official…
Army thwarts prisoner escape attempt in Alexandria
Egypt
May 26, 2011
Army thwarts prisoner escape attempt in Alexandria
Relatives of five men detained by police in Alexandria failed in an attempt to free them from a police van…
Gunmen free prisoners from police stations in three cities
Egypt
May 4, 2011
Gunmen free prisoners from police stations in three cities
Gunmen attacked police stations in three different cities on Tuesday, freeing scores of detainees from jail. One person was killed…
Inmate killed, 6 injured while escaping Cairo prison
Egypt
April 25, 2011
Inmate killed, 6 injured while escaping Cairo prison
An inmate was killed and six injured as clashes erupted among security forces in charge of the Cairo appeal prison…
Medical examiners report 4 killed in February Minya prison riot
Egypt
April 14, 2011
Medical examiners report 4 killed in February Minya prison riot
Four inmates were killed and 17 others wounded in an escape attempt at Minya Prison in Upper Egypt on 14…
Prisoners demand conditional release as violence continues in prisons
Egypt
March 28, 2011
Prisoners demand conditional release as violence continues in prisons
Distraught families demonstrated outside Cairo's State Television building on Sunday to demand the release of relatives they believe are being…
Prosecution probes alleged police killing of prisoners
Egypt
March 8, 2011
Prosecution probes alleged police killing of prisoners
The Public Prosecution office in Damanhour, Beheira on Tuesday launched investigations into the alleged killing of 12 prisoners by security…