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Egypt's efforts in fighting terrorism continues
“It is important to bear in mind that terrorism is not an aim in and of itself but a means towards an end, such as changing the identity of Sinai for example. And though the terrorist organizations that exist at present have a single source, there is a division of labour between them. The attack in Sinai came a day after the failed kaboom in Giza Square. The motor was the same, even if the parts of the engine that perpetrated the attacks were different."
[AlAhram] Egypt experienced two terrorist attacks this week, one in Arish and the other ‐ a suicide kaboom ‐ in the Darb al-Ahmar district near al-Azhar. The attacks had many elements in common in terms of timing and targets as well as in the public outrage they generated.

On Tuesday, in Darb al-Ahmar, al-Hassan Abdallah, 37, went kaboom! when a security detail tried to arrest him after a four-day manhunt following an attempt to plant an IED near a police unit stationed by al-Istiqama Mosque in Giza Square. Explosive experts succeeded in defusing the device.

Abdallah was tracked to the Darb al-Ahmar district where he was seen on the cycle of violence he had used to flee Giza Square. When confronted by police he detonated an boom belt, killing three coppers and himself. The kaboom took place in a crowded quarter and maimed several passers-by.
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