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Egypt army thwarts attacks on North Sinai checkpoints, arrests Cairo checkpoint attackers
[AlAhram] The Egyptian army has foiled a plot by forces of Evil to attack a number of security checkpoints on Friday morning, state news agency MENA reported.The army said in a statement that the third field army pushed back an attack by gunnies on a checkpoint, killing nine forces of Evil and injuring 16 others. Egypt Arrests Suspected Cairo Checkpoint Attackers [AnNahar] Egyptian authorities have detained three people suspected of planning and carrying out a Cairo police checkpoint bombing that killed six coppers last month, the interior ministry said Thursday. In footage published by the interior ministry, one of the suspects, Mahmoud Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed, confessed he planted an bomb at the checkpoint on December 9 in Cairo's al-Haram street. Investigations showed the perpetrators belonged to the newly-emerged Hassam Movement, the ministry said. Hassam had grabbed credit for the attack. The two others incarcerated Book 'im, Mahmoud! are members of the group operating its hideouts and handling its logistics, the ministry said. Authorities located hideouts for the group in Cairo's October 6 district, the ministry added. During raids by security forces on these hideouts, another suspect was killed in a shootout, while police found items including footage recorded while the attackers were monitoring the checkpoint ahead of the bombing, according to the ministry. In the video confession, the suspect Ahmed said he joined the Moslem Brüderbund in 2015, and in mid-2016 he was told his subgroup had joined Hassam.
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