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Egypt's Supreme State Security Prosecution says number of Wilayat Sinai terrorists received Daesh training in Syria, Iraq
2018-05-10
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[AlAhram] Egypt’s Supreme State Security revealed a number of details in a case against accused members of the Wilayat Sinai (the Province of Sinai) terrorist group on Wednesday, including that some suspects had received training from ISIS in Syria and Iraq in the use of weapons and explosives.

On Monday, Egypt’s Prosecutor-General Nabil Sadek referred 555 suspected members of the terrorist organization to military court on charges of forming 43 terrorist cells, carrying out or providing support for 63 terrorist attacks against civilians and security forces, disseminating ISIS propaganda and plotting further attacks around the country.

Wilayat Sinai is the self-proclaimed name of the terrorist group formerly known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which declared allegiance to ISIS in November 2014.

The primary suspect in the case, Ali Salman Ali Salem al-Derz, is accused of tasking a number of cadres with spreading ISIS's ideology in North Sinai. The group accuses the head of state, members of the army and Christians of being infidels.

The prosecution also accused Tarek El-Zomor, a prominent Egyptian leader of al-Jamaa al-Islamiya
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, of having a leading role in the Wilayat Sinai terrorist organization and providing financial assistance to the organization from abroad.

The terrorist organization is said to have divided North Sinai into six administrative sectors under a general commander known as al-Wali who is aided by three primary lieutenants responsible for military, administrative and financial affairs, respectively, the prosecution said.

Suspects in the case are also accused of staking out a number of civilian and political targets with the aim of carrying out attacks.

Among the intended targets were churches in Giza, Hurghada and Cairo's outskirts, as well as the interior ministry headquarters in Cairo and ships in the Suez Canal and Damietta port.

Members of terrorist cells affiliated with the organization are also accused of abducting and killing a number of civilians in North Sinai in retaliation for thier alleged cooperation with security officials in the area.

Some 88 suspects incarcerated
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in the case gave detailed confessions on 63 terrorist attacks carried out in North Sinai, the prosecution said.

Several defendants are accused of providing material and logisitical support for attacks, including plotting to sabotage a gas pipeline between Port Said and Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai.

The prosecution said that according to confessions by 216 of the defendants, a number of suspects were involved in the killing of Central Security Captain Mahmoud El-Zamlout and army Lieutenant Mohammed Abdel-Razek in 2016, as well as the shooting of a total of 10 security personnel and targeting of armored vehicles, checkpoints and security locations with explosives and automatic weapons.
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