Sunday, November 20, 2016

Plot to assassinate Egypt President Sisi uncovered: MENA

Egypt's state security prosecution referred on Sunday 292 alleged members of the Islamic State militant group to a military court on charges of plotting to assassinate President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and launch terrorist attacks in the country, state news agency MENA said.


Judiciary sources told local media that the military prosecution will release detailed confessions from a number of the suspects.

According to year-long investigations carried out by the state security prosecution, the suspects plotted two assassination attempts against President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, with the first in 2014 as he performed a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, MENA said.


  • The alleged attempt, which also targeted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, involved members from terrorist cells in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The prosecution did not specify how the plot was foiled. 


The second attempt was allegedly orchestrated by a terrorist cell consisting of seven members – six former police officers and a dentist – who planned to attack the president's convoy using explosive charges as it travelled in Cairo.

The suspects were also responsible for carrying out a number of high-profile attacks in North and South Sinai, including the bombing of a tourist bus in the resort town of Taba in February 2014 that killed two South Koreans and an Egyptian driver.
 [ahram.org.eg]
20/11/16

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