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Al-Qaeda-Linked Terrorists Arrested for Cairo Bomb Attack


[Reuters] Cynthia Johnston - Egypt has detained seven people suspected of involvement in a bomb attack in February near the 14th-century Khan el-Khalili market, a popular Cairo tourist area, that killed a French teenager, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said on Saturday. "State security investigators were able to identify a group of Egyptian and foreign elements connected to the al-Qaeda organization who go by the name Palestinian Army of Islam," a statement said. Those detained had explosives and ammunition in their possession and had been recruited to carry out attacks in Egypt and abroad.
2009-05-27 06:00:00
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