Latest NEWS
- Aswat Masriya, the last word
- Roundup of Egypt's press headlines on March 15, 2017
- Roundup of Egypt's press headlines on March 14, 2017
- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to be released: lawyer
- Roundup of Egypt's press headlines on March 13, 2017
- Egypt's capital set to grow by half a million in 2017
- Egypt's wheat reserves to double with start of harvest -supply min
- Roundup of Egypt's press headlines on March 12, 2017
Authorities arrest suspect for killing policeman in Port Said
Police officers wait in their vehicle in front of the damaged Cairo Security Directorate building, which includes police and state security, and Museum of Islamic Art building, after a bomb attack in downtown Cairo, January 24, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
CAIRO, Feb 15 (Aswat Masriya) Egyptian authorities in the Sinai Peninsula arrested a suspect late on Friday accused of complicity in the assassination of a traffic policeman in Port Said.
A security operation targeted the suspect’s residence in Arish on Friday and accused him of forming a terrorist network with the purpose of killing policemen in Port Said and Ismailia, a security source told Aswat Masriya.
The source added that investigations have revealed that the suspect is behind the assassination of seven policemen.
