Egyptian police arrested Wednesday four members of an Islamist militant group over bomb blasts near a presidential palace, although a**ther group claimed it had planted the explosives. Separately, the interior ministry said police arrested two people over bombings at Cairo metro stations on June 25 that wounded five people. Two bomb disposal experts, a police colonel and lieutenant colonel, were killed Monday as they attempted to defuse bombs outside the Ittihadeya palace in eastern Cairo. Security forces "arrested four suspected of being involved in the latest blasts that happened near the presidential palace," a security official said.
07-04-2014, 08:34 AM
Egypt nabs militants over bombs claimed by different group
Egyptian police arrested Wednesday four members of an Islamist militant group over bomb blasts near a presidential palace, although a**ther group claimed it had planted the explosives. Separately, the interior ministry said police arrested two people over bombings at Cairo metro stations on June 25 that wounded five people. Two bomb disposal experts, a police colonel and lieutenant colonel, were killed Monday as they attempted to defuse bombs outside the Ittihadeya palace in eastern Cairo. Security forces "arrested four suspected of being involved in the latest blasts that happened near the presidential palace," a security official said.
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