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Egypt officials confirm alleged assassin in militant video was ex-army major Sinai-based Islamist militants claim former major in Egyptian army carried out assassination attempt on Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim in September
The man Sinai militants claim was responsible for an attack on the interior minister in September was a former major in the Egyptian army, the interior ministry has confirmed. Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis released a 30-minute video on militant websites on Saturday that identified former army major Waleed Badr as being responsible for the attack, but does not make it clear if he was a member of the group. Ministry spokesman Abdel-Fatah Osman told privately-owned Dream TV on Saturday that Badr had indeed been a member of the armed forces, but he was "dismissed when [officials] learnt about his jihadist orientation." Investigators have not announced the identity of the alleged attackers, but this will take place soon, Osman said. Ministry spokesman Hani Abdel-Latif told Egyptian state TV on Saturday that the video "does not add a lot to the interior ministry's information." The ministry knew the perpetrators a week after the attack, but did not release the information so as not to influence official investigations, he added On 5 September, a car bomb detonated near Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim's convoy as he was leaving home in northeast Cairo, killing one person and injuring at least 20 others. A few days later, Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis released an online statement claiming responsibility for the attack. It said it was able to “shatter the security organisation of the murderer Mohamed Ibrahim [the interior minister], through a martyrdom operation.” http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/84849.aspx
