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| Africa: North |
| Cairo bombing suspect captured in Libya |
| 2005-05-08 |
| Libyan authorities have arrested and handed over to Egypt the brother of the bomber who wounded seven people when he blew himself up with a nail bomb in Cairo about a week ago, an Egyptian newspaper reported. Al-Ahram, quoting a senior Egyptian security source, reported in Sunday's edition that Mohammed Yousri, the brother of the bomber, had been found hiding with an Egyptian who worked as a cook in a hotel in Libya, Egypt's western neighbor. "The Libyan authorities handed him over to Egypt," the semi-official newspaper said. "His arrest was aimed at finding out whether he had a role in this case." The Egyptian cook was also arrested by the Libyan authorities, the newspaper said, adding that the Egyptian authorities had tipped off the Libyans. The cook's brother, another suspect, was arrested inside Egypt, it said. Ihab Yousri Yassin wounded four foreigners and three Egyptians when he blew himself up on April 30 in Cairo near the Egyptian museum, a major draw for tourists vital to the economy. Police detained 200 people for questioning after that and said they were hunting for Yassin's brother Mohammed, who they said was present when Yassin's wife and sister opened fire on a tourist bus in another part of Cairo on the same day. Prior to the April 30 blast, Yassin was being hunted because police said he was part of a group that was behind an April 7 bombing which killed three tourists in a Cairo bazaar. Al-Ahram daily said two members of that group, Ashraf Said Youssef and Gamal Ahmed Abdel-Aal, had confessed to helping Mohammed escape to Libya with the help of the cook's brother. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |