Four people accused in church attack given 15-day detention
[AlAhram] Egypt's prosecution ordered on Tuesday a 15-day detention for four people tossed in the slammer
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
on charges of involvement in a terrorist attack on a Coptic church in Cairo on Sunday, which left 24 dead and 49 injured.
Accusations against the defendants include belonging to the bad boy Islamist group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis
| ...currently ISIS in the Sinai, previously Al Qaeda in the Sinai, and before that, no doubt, something else... |
and receiving instructions from foreign groups to "destroy the country."
| That implies the group got orders from Raqqa to spread the pain. |
Egypt's interior ministry released a statement Tuesday morning saying it identified the terrorist cell involved in the Sunday bombing and jugged
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four of its members including one woman.
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One of the four, identified by the interior ministry as Rami Mohammed Abdel Hameed Abdel Ghani, is suspected of hiding the explosives and the bomber, and of preparing him for the attack.
The interior ministry named the suspected ringleader as Mohab Mostafa el-Sayed Qassem, also known as "The Doctor".
It charged he had traveled to Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates...
in 2015 to meet runaway leaders of the outlawed Moslem Brüderbund, the party of president Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by Sisi in 2013.
The Brotherhood has condemned the bombing and denied any involvement.
IS group claims responsibility for Cairo's St. Mark Cathedral bombing
[AlAhram] The IS group has claimed responsibilty for the bombing at the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, last Sunday.
A statement issued on SITE intelligence group on Tuesday said it was a suicide operation claiming it have killed and maimed 80 "crusaders". The statement also read that the attack was carried out by Abu Abdallah El-Masri who detonated a suicide belt.
The Interior ministry said they had tossed in the clink
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more suspects after the first four, and that they are still searching for others.
Cairo cathedral suicide bomber was arrested in 2014: local media
[AlAhram] Local media outlets said on Monday that Mahmoud Shafiq Mohammed Mostafa, who was accused of carrying out a deadly suicide kaboom on Sunday in a church attached to St. Mark's Coptic cathedral, was apprehended in March 2014 for possession of firearms, and has since been on the lam.
On Monday after the state funeral at the, al-Watan newspaper said it had published in March 2014 a news report of two men apprehended in Fayoum governorate, one of whom was the man the president identified as the bomber.
Al-Watan's 15 March 2014 report said the two men were locked away
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for participating in a march that attacked members of the anti-Moslem Brüderbund Tamarod movement in Fayoum governorate earlier that day. The report said authorities found the two men with firearms in their possession.
Meanwhile,
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al-Masry al-Youm news website quoted on Monday security sources who said Mostafa has been residing in Sinai for the past two years. The sources told al-Masry al-Youm Mostafa had joined the Sinai-based Islamist bad boy group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which has been carrying deadly attacks on security forces in parts of North Sinai in the last three years.
Al-Ahram Arabic news website published an image of a reported government document, revealing that Mostafa was born in Sonoras village in Fayoum governorate on 10 October 1994. The document stated that Mostafa bad boy code name is "Abu Degana El-Kinany."
According to Al Youm al-Sabea news website, Mostafa's mother told the website her son last called her last week and said he would not be returning home since he was wanted by the authorities.
"He didn’t tell me any details about his life; all I know is that he was arrested once and released on bail," Mostafa's mother said. She confirmed to al-Youm al-Sabea Mostafa graduated from the Faculty of Science at Fayoum University.
Video of Egypt church bombing emerges, said to show attacker
| It doesn't sound like useful information, but nonetheless, they have CCTV video, which shows they do care. |
[Ynet] The Egyptian government has released footage showing the suicide kaboom that tore through a Cairo church during Sunday Mass, including images of the alleged attacker.
The video is a recording of CCTV footage and shows the street across from the chapel adjacent to St. Mark's Cathedral, seat of Egypt's ancient Coptic Orthodox Church. It shows a dark figure crossing the street and walking through the gates of the church. Moments later, the blast sends clouds of dust and debris through the church windows. |
[Al Ahram] Egypt's Tamarod campaign disavowed several of its leading members on Tuesday, including two representatives of the group in the country's constituent assembly, Al-Ahram's Arabic news website reported.