State Security Prosecution Jails NCI explosion suspect for investigation

CAIRO - 2 September 2019: Egypt’s State Security Prosecution ordered early Monday to send the suspect in National Cancer Institute explosion to jail for 15 days pending investigation.

The State Security Prosecution interrogated the suspect on Sunday to send him to jail later for investigation.

Egypt’s ministry of interior has previously identified the terrorist who was involved in the National Cancer Institute explosion, killing nearly 22 civilians in August.

The Ministry of Interior said that the terrorist name was Abdul Rahman Khaled Mahmoud, aged 24 years old. Mahmoud was a resident of Fayoum governorate and wanted for being involved in other terrorism cases since 2018.

The investigations also led the authorities to other terrorist elements affiliated with Hasm terrorist group, of which Mahmoud was a member of it.