President Mohamed Morsi Cairo – Akram Ali A terrorist group was planning to assassinate Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, it has been revealed. The group was found in Nasr City in Cairo and are suspected to be linked to Al-Qaeda. This prompted President Morsi to deny the release of jihadist from state prisons, who were due to be released for Eid Al-Adha.
Intelligence forces managed to identify 50 of 200 suspects part of the group attempting to assassinate the president.
Security forces are conducting a secret operation trying to track down the owner of a mobile phone belonging to an unknown suspect. The mobile received calls from a third party, also unknown and was used in the planning and preparation of a major bombing in Sinai.
The source said there is a chance of a possible attack on security headquarters in Sinai.
Majdi Salim a lawyer for main suspect caught from Nasr City said his client did not plan an attack in Egypt, but was planning on a jihad in Syria. He was arrested in an apartment in Al Tajamoa al-Khamis (Fifth Avenue), but not in Nasr City.
Leader of Jemaah Islamiyah Najih Ibrahim said the government should seek for open dialogue with the jihadist and not resort to torture in prisons as that will encourage their hatred for government officials.
Security officials arrested five people including an officer from a terrorist group said to have been responsible for the attack on US consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11 which killed American ambassador in Libya Chris Stevens.
Supreme Court on Thursday ruled to detain them for 15 days pending further investigations.