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ON THE NET...

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April 19, 2005
Egyptian Police ID 4 Cairo Bomb Plotters

From right to left, Tarek Ahmed Al-Sayed, Akram Mohammed Fawzi, Reda Sayed Ahmed, and Ashraf Saied Youssef. Youssef is still apparently still at large...

Apr. 17, 2005:

Egypt's Interior Ministry on Sunday identified four men it accused of training a bomber who killed three tourists and himself in a Cairo bazaar.
A ministry statement said the teenage bomber, Hassan Rafaat Ahmed Bashandi, "was affiliated with an extremist group that included four members" who trained and recruited him.

The group also prepared the explosives that detonated near the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, a historic part of Cairo popular with tourists, according to the statement.

The ministry said three of the suspects were in custody, with a fourth at large.

Bashandi, who was 17 or 18 years old, was attempting to plant the bomb a concoction of TNT in a nail-filled leather bag when it exploded prematurely. He was killed, along with an American and two French tourists.

Police arrested 30 people, including Bashandi's mother and 19 relatives. His mother has since been released.

The government said from the outset that the blast was the act of an individual or a small group, hoping to limit damage on Egypt's tourism industry.

Akram Mohammed Fawzi, the owner of a marble workshop, was accused of planning and financing the attack, the statement said. Two neighbors of Bashandi, Tarek Ahmed Al-Sayed and Reda Sayed Ahmed, also were identified.

The fourth suspect was identified as Ashraf Saied Youssef.

Posted by aaron at April 19, 2005 01:14 PM