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| Alexandria bombing suspect was extradited from Kuwait to Egypt prior to attack: Kuwaiti newspaper |
| 2017-04-12 |
| [AlAhram] One of the prime suspects in the Alexandria church bombing on Palm Sunday was extradited from Kuwait to Egypt prior to the attack at the request of Egyptian authorities, according to Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas on Monday. The newspaper reported that, according to Kuwaiti security sources, the suspect entered Kuwait in 2016 and worked there as an accountant. Kuwaiti intelligence then summoned him for questioning after receiving information from Egypt suggesting he had links to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) group, according to the article. The suspect was then extradited to Egypt after Kuwaiti security services confirmed his links to the group. However, ars longa, vita brevis... once in Egypt, the suspect was apparently released, for reasons that are unclear, the sources told al-Qabas. The IS group grabbed credit for the two deadly blasts that hit Egypt's St George Cathedral in Tanta and St Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria on Palm Sunday, killing 44 and injuring dozens more during prayer services, naming the Alexandria jacket wallah as Aba Isaac al-Masry (Aba Isaac the Egyptian) and the Tanta suicide bomber as Aba al-Baraa al-Masry (Aba al-Baraa the Egyptian). Upper Egypt's Minya Eparchy suspends Easter celebrations after Palm Sunday bombings [AlAhram] Bishop Makarious of Minya and Abu Korkas in Upper Egypt announced on Tuesday the cancellation of this year's Easter celebrations in his diocese. The announcement comes after two suicide kabooms hit St George Cathedral in Tanta and St Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria on Palm Sunday, killing 46 and injuring dozens in the deadliest attack on Copts in the country's recent memory. The cancellation of celebrations will apply to all churches in the diocese "due to the current circumstances the country and the Church are witnessing," the bishop announced in a statement on the Eparchy's Facebook page. "The Easter mass will be limited to prayers only," the statement said. "We apologise that we will not be receiving felicitations from officials or regular citizens. The Eparchy also appreciates all the kind regards it has received from everybody." Christians are set to celebrate Easter in masses across the country's churches on Saturday night. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 once in Egypt, the suspect was apparently released, for reasons that are unclear, the sources told al-Qabas "He said he only wanted to kill Coptic Christians" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-04-12 09:01 |