Egyptian Islamic group members arrested
Egypt, Judicial, 7/13/1998

The State higher security prosecution in Egypt decided yesterday to extend the arrest for 15 days of 14 persons suspected of being members of the Islamic Group and planning to launch terrorist operations against officials and policemen.

Informed sources confirmed that the prosecution will continue their investigation today with three other suspects accused three months ago in the governorate of Minya of holding similar meetings in a mosque in the city of Ashmoun.

The sources said that the security bodies are exerting efforts to capture other suspects who where able to escape, clarifying that the Islamic Group's members in Ashmoun and Shebin El-Kom cities in El-Minufiyah governorate have begun activities to form a military network and exerted efforts to obtain weapons with which to launch attacks, but the police frustrated the plan before implementing it.

The sources also said that the security forces recovered forged formal documents, scripts, and tapes for the Islamic Group faction in the possession of the accused.

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