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Egypt arrests 17 for having explosives, attack plans
04 Nov 2009 22:06:07 GMT
 Source: Reuters
CAIRO, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The Egyptian authorities arrested 17 people on Wednesday on charges of possessing explosives and weapons, and for planning attacks, security sources said.

The group -- also charged with belonging to a banned Islamist organisation, Jihad -- was arrested in Mansoura, north of the capital Cairo, the sources said.

A bomb attack in February killed a French teenager in Cairo. It was the first such fatal attack on tourists in Egypt since bombs killed at least 23 people at an Egyptian resort in the Sinai peninsula in 2006.

Egypt arrested seven people in May in connection with the February attack. (Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Louise Ireland)


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