The Egyptian Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday the killing of seven top dangerous criminals in an exchange of fire with police forces in the Governorate, Monufiya Nile Delta.
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Wanted criminal dies in gunfire fight with Egyptian police
A wanted criminal was killed in a gunfire fight with security forces after being chased down in Monufiya’s Birkat al-Sabaa district.
Read More »Egyptian engineer dies after alleged torture inside security agency HQ
Egyptian security forces have allegedly tortured a man to death inside the National Security Agency headquarters in the Nile Delta city of Menoufia, The New Arab’s Arabic-language service reported on Saturday.
Read More »Monufia ex-Governor to be jailed 10 years for bribery
Giza Criminal Court has sentenced the former governor of Monufia, Hesham Abdel Basset, to 10 years in maximum security prison with a fine of LE15 million, over charges of requesting a LE27.4 million bribe to award construction projects to businessman Assem Ahmed Fathi.
Read More »Police kill 3 suspected Hasm militants, arrest 14 others
The Ministry of Interior said in a statement Friday that its forces killed three and arrested 14 alleged members of the militant group Hasm and found explosive substances in their possession in Menoufiya governorate.
Read More »Egypt’s security forces kill 2 men over assassination of senior military officer
Egypt’s interior ministry announced early on Sunday the killing of two men involved in the assassination of a senior army officer in an exchange of fire in Menoufia governorate.
Read More »Egypt: Al-Monoufia families lose sons to ‘enforced disappearance’
Families in Egypt’s Al-Monoufia governorate have made appeals to human rights organisations to help them find their sons, who were captured by security forces from various areas over the past months since last September.
Read More »New militant group Lewaa El-Thawra broadcasts attack on Menoufiya security checkpoint
The newly-established militant group, Lewaa El-Thawra (Revolution Brigade), published a video on Tuesday evening of footage from a recent attack against a security checkpoint in Menoufiya governorate in August.
Read More »Two Egyptian Policemen Killed in Checkpoint Shooting
Two policemen were killed on Sunday in an attack that targeted a security checkpoint in the province of Menoufia, reported the state news agency MENA. Five others, including two civilians who were passing near the security checkpoint at the time of the attack, were injured.
Read More »Report: 48 cases of violations against journalists in April
The Journalists Against Torture Observatory (JATO) has issued its monthly report on violations that journalists face while performing their duties.
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