Washington Post Suicide bomber, 2 other armed men target Egypt's temple site at Luxor Militants with explosives battled Egyptian security forces outside the ancient Karnak temple in Luxor on Wednesday, striking one of Egypt's most famous tourist sites and raising fears over the potentially expanding reach of the country's Islamist insurgency. Four Egyptians were injured in the attack, which unfolded near the temple complex after security forces opened fire on three militants, media reports said. One attacker detonated his explosives just outside the temple — built during the age of the pharaohs — while another was injured and a third killed, Egypt's Interior Ministry said. Read More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/suicide-bombers-target-egypts-famed-temple-site-at-luxor/2015/06/10/454aa76c-0a7e-43ef-ab9d-c48dfc6752de_story.html BBC Security strengthened at Egypt's ancient attractions Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ordered the strengthening of security at ancient monuments across the country. It follows a suicide bomb attack at one of the country's most popular tourist sites, the Karnak temple complex in the city of Luxor. Last week, two members of Egypt's tourism and antiquities police force were shot dead on a road near the pyramids at Giza. Read More: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33089703 Daily Beast Security Guard at U.S. Embassy in Egypt Arrested as a Terrorist To the shock of U.S. officials, authorities in Egypt have arrested the local employee and charged him as the purported commander of a radical Islamist organization. Egyptian authorities have arrested an Egyptian security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, claiming he is a senior figure in an Islamist terrorist organization. U.S. officials are scrambling to get information from Egyptian authorities, who did not alert them beforehand. An embassy official confirmed to The Daily Beast that 42-year-old Ahmed Ali, accused by the Egyptians of helping to plan or taking part in more than a dozen attacks on security forces, was an employee in the security service at the mission in downtown Cairo. Egyptian authorities are claiming he is a commander in the militant Helwan Brigades. Read More: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/10/security-guard-at-u-s-embassy-in-egypt-arrested-as-a-terrorist.html
