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Africa: North
Egypt charges 3 in Sinai bombings
2005-03-31
Three Egyptians will stand trial for murder over the killing of 34 people in bombings at Egyptian Red Sea tourist resorts in October, the public prosecutor's office in Cairo said on Wednesday. Twelve Israelis were killed in the attacks. Public Prosecutor Maher Abdel Wahed referred Mohamed Sabah and Mohamed Abdullah Rabaa to a state security court for trial for the attacks at the Egyptian Sinai resorts which were popular with Israelis. The third man, Mohamed Ahmed Fulayfel, has not been caught and will stand trial in absentia.

Sabah and Rabaa were arrested two months after attacks on the Taba Hilton hotel, on Egypt's border with Israel, and two beaches further south at Ras al-Satan that are popular with foreign backpackers. All three were charged with murder, attempted murder and possessing automatic weapons. Prosecutor Abdel Wahed said the attacks, which authorities say were planned by a Palestinian, were not linked to a wider militant network. The authorities have said the Palestinian and one of his accomplices died in the Taba blast when their bomb went off early. Two other suspects were killed in gunbattles with police in February when the authorities tried to arrest them.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#1  Sounds like an isolated incident.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-03-31 4:39:15 PM  

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