Africa: North |
Egypt charges 3 in Sinai bombings |
2005-03-31 |
![]() Sabah and Rabaa were arrested two months after attacks on the Taba Hilton hotel, on Egypt's border with Israel, and two beaches further south at Ras al-Satan that are popular with foreign backpackers. All three were charged with murder, attempted murder and possessing automatic weapons. Prosecutor Abdel Wahed said the attacks, which authorities say were planned by a Palestinian, were not linked to a wider militant network. The authorities have said the Palestinian and one of his accomplices died in the Taba blast when their bomb went off early. Two other suspects were killed in gunbattles with police in February when the authorities tried to arrest them. |
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