[AlAhram] Two days after the terrorist attack on 2 November in Minya the Interior Ministry announced that it had killed 19 of the murderous Moslems who ambushed Copts returning from the Monastery of St Samuel the Confessor in Gebel al-Qalamoun in Minya governorate.
| This caused analysts to reassess the Moslem Brüderbund’s connection with recent events and, in particular, to posit a relationship between hard boy Moslem Brüderbund offshoots like Hasm, implicated in numerous terrorist attacks, and al-Qaeda. |
"Field and technical working teams were formed immediately after the incident, with the participation of all relevant sectors of the ministry, and a plan of pursuit was devised based on information that had been gathered and the perpetrators’ likely escape route," said a statement released by the ministry.
Areas frequented or used as bases by the suspects were combed, especially the remote areas murderous Moslems use as hideouts or as staging posts for their attacks. |