Egypt's Prosecutor-General Nabil Sadek on Tuesday (August 14th) ordered the detention of six "terrorist elements" for 15 days pending investigation into accusations of their involvement in a failed terror attack on a church near Cairo, Egypt’s Ahram Online reported.
The Supreme State Security Prosecution said it has charged the six with "harming the national unity and social peace, embracing takfiri beliefs, carrying out hostile acts against vital state installations, places of worship, the military and police forces, and targeting the Church of the Virgin Mary in Qalioubiya".
The prosecution also has charged the detainees with joining an illegal terrorist group which aims at obstructing the provisions of the constitution.
Egyptian police on Saturday foiled a suicide bombing attempt at a church in the town of Mostorod. The attacker detonated his explosive belt, killing himself.
There were no other casualties.
The interior ministry later revealed it had identified the deceased as 29-year-old Omar Mostafa, a member of a terrorist cell, as well as six other suspects.
