One police officer and other three criminals were killed, Monday in exchange of gunfire in Egypt’s Damietta according to Ministry of interior.
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Security alert across Egypt’s Damietta
Egypt’s police forces have placed the Damietta governorate on high security alert while they investigate several abductions that have raised concerns throughout the region.
Police kill believed militant in Damietta town where residents accuse police of illegal searches
Egyptian police killed Mohamed Adel Balboula, who was believed to be a member of the armed Islamist Hassm movement, in a firefight in the Damietta village of Basarta, according to an Interior Ministry statement published on Friday. Balboula was a suspect in the investigation into the death of police guard Masoud Abdallah al-Amir, …
Four policemen injured while defusing bomb in Damietta
Four policemen, including a police colonel, were injured while defusing a bomb planted by unknown perpetrators in the area between the irrigation department and the police club in Damietta on Sunday.
Medical negligence claims another political prisoner in Damietta
A political prisoner named Ibrahim Salem Hashish, 58, died Friday in Al-Azhar hospital in Damietta, with his family accusing security and health officials of medical negligence by refusing to release him.
Egyptian police ‘burn down homes of opposition detainees’
Egyptian police have set fire to the homes of anti-government activists in a village near the northern port city of Domyat, just days after the United States condemned the country’s human rights record, eyewitnesses have told The New Arab.
Journalists prevented from coverage amid wider crackdown: JATO
Journalist against Torture Observatory (JATO) documented 32 cases of journalists being prevented from covering events in a report on violations in February.
ANALYSIS: Egypt cracks down on irregular migrants
At this point, not much is known about Safa Ibrahim Hassan. There has been little about her in the news. Her grieving family has been released from detention without fanfare.
French researcher: Still no explanation for deportation from Egypt
The young French researcher who was deported from Egypt says she still has not received any explanation from the Egyptian government as to why she was arrested and forcefully deported on July 3 during her research in Damietta.
French student arrested, deported from Egypt for researching 6 April
A young French student from a Parisian university was deported from Egypt last Friday after being arrested by security forces, in apparent relation to her research on the 6 April youth movement.