Eqypt detains suspects in Suez ship plot
Egyptian security forces have arrested 26 suspected al-Qaeda loyalists on charges of plotting attacks on foreign ships passing through the Suez Canal, AFP reported last week.
The suspects, 25 Egyptians and a Palestinian, were in contact with the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic Army of Palestine, the interior ministry said in a statement.
'It alleged that they had prepared remote-controlled detonators and explosives fabricated from armaments left over in the Sinai desert from Egypt’s wars with Israel,' the report said. 'The cell was awaiting instructions from abroad from an Al-Qaeda operative, the statement said.'
Eqypt detains suspects in Suez ship plot
