Remand hearing for Cairo church bombing suspects

Four suspects in a Cairo church bombing which killed 25 people have been referred to state security prosecutors for a remand hearing, AFP reported Tuesday (December 13th).

Police arrested three men and one woman on suspicion of assisting the suicide bomber who carried out Sunday's attack during a service at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church , President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Monday.

They will ask prosecutors to remand the four in custody for up to 15 days while the investigation continues.

One of the four, identified by the Interior Ministry as Rami Mohamed Abdel Hameed Abdel Ghani, is suspected of hiding the explosives and the bomber, and of preparing him for the attack.

The bomber, 22 year-old Mahmoud Shafik Mohamed Mostafa, was identified by DNA tests, the ministry said.

The ministry named the suspected ringleader as Mohab Mostafa el-Sayed Qassem, also known as "The Doctor".

Police are searching for several other suspects.

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