Egyptian security forces have arrested three men in connection with last month's deadly bombings in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, a newspaper reported on Sunday. The semi-official al-Ahram said the search was continuing for two more suspects wanted for their alleged role in the July 23 triple attacks that left about 70 people dead, including more than a dozen foreigners. The authorities believe the suspects helped three suicide bombers plan and prepare for the attacks, al-Ahram said.
It added that the police, acting on a tip-off, raided a farm in al-Arish on the Mediterranean coast of the Sinai, where they recovered nearly a tonne of explosives. More explosives and firearms were found at the hideouts of the suspects and experts are comparing them to traces of explosives found at the sites of the three attacks, al-Ahram added.
Security officials told the paper that they apprehended the fugitives with the help of a man identified as one of the main suspects in the case.
| That would be Mahmoud the Weasel. |
They said the man worked as a watchman on the al-Arish farm that al-Ahram said was registered to a Palestinian. Security forces said they found out about the watchman after tracing the route of two pick-up trucks used to ship the explosives from the middle of the Sinai peninsula to Sharm el-Sheikh.
| Egyptian security forces can be pretty good when they want to be, and when they're unleashed. |
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