Mohamed Morsi Trial: Hundreds Sentenced, Arrests Announced

Mohamed Morsi pre trial news

CAIRO, March 24 (Aswat Masriya) Egyptian authorities arrested 26 terrorists and criminals in security operations across the country on Monday, Egypt’s army spokesman Ahmed Aly said.

Aly added in an official statement earlier that 21 suspects were arrested in security operations in northern Sinai alone.

He added that the authorities also confiscated arms and vehicles that were being prepped for use in terrorist activities.

Fourteen tunnels into Rafah were also demolished earlier today, the spokesman added.

Egypt has stepped up security efforts since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi last year in response to increasing attacks against security personnel.

 

CAIRO, March 24 (Aswat Masriya) Unknown assailants shot a policeman dead in North Sinai on Monday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.”Ramadan Ghoneim AbdelSamad was heading to his work at the security directory in Arish when he was shot dead,” according to the ministry’s statement on Facebook.The authorities imposed a security cordon around the crime scene until they determine the identity of the perpetrators.

Attacks against security forces have risen sharply since the army’s ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, which was prompted by mass protests against his rule.

The attacks have killed over 175 security personnel, who belong to the police and army.

At least 185 militants were killed in security campaigns in response to these attacks, according to officials.

CAIRO, March 24 (Aswat Masriya) A British tourist has been raped in Egypt’s South Sinai, Tourism Ministry Spokeswoman Rasha Azazi said in a phone interview on Sunday in the night talk show “The Capital”.The tourist was raped by a security personnel who worked at the hotel where she was staying in Sharm al-Shaikh, according to Azazi.The crime has been reported to the authorities and the punishment may amount to closing down the hotel.

The ministry spokeswoman related the incident, which happened less than a week ago, to the significant rise in sexual harassment in Egypt.

Azazi said that her ministry has filed for amending legislations to maximise the penalty of harassment for offenders who work in the tourism industry.

On her side, Azza Kamel, Coordinator of “I Saw Harassment” movement, said that this is not the first incident of its kind.

“Harassment crimes against tourists have repeated frequently in the past years,” she said.

Kamel asked the authorities to send a formal apology to the tourist’s foreign ministry and demanded that the defendant stands trial promptly as this crime “threatens the tourism industry in Egypt.”

CAIRO, March 23 (Aswat Masriya) A bomb squad defused on Sunday two bombs that were located inside Cairo University, state television reported.The two bombs were found on campus inside the faculty of economics and political sciences, deputy security director of Cairo University told satellite channel ONTV.It was not possible to attain further details.

On Wednesday, violent clashes erupted in Cairo University between security forces and students supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, leaving 40 people wounded.

Repeated attacks and use of handmade bombs increased since the army’s ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last summer following mass protests against his rule.

CAIRO, March 23 (Aswat Masriya) The trial of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and 24 others over clashes by the Shura Council in November will begin on Sunday.

Alaa is accused of protesting without permit and attacking and resisting the authorities among other things.

The authorities dispersed a demonstration on November 26 denouncing military trials for civilians and the new protest law.

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