Egypt's Forensic Examinations Authority has completed DNA profiling of the victims of the New Year's Eve church bombing in Alexandria, which left 23 people dead and 95 injured. The authority's forensics lab is continuing its examination of the body parts recovered at the blast site, including a finger found in a mosque situated across the street from the church. According to security sources, the finger may provide forensics experts with important information. Experts were able to obtain a fingerprint from the finger, which they are running through police databases. The same sources said that all new information would be referred to Attorney-General Abdel Magid Mahmoud once it had been reviewed by forensics experts in Alexandria. Security authorities, meanwhile, are following up on leads regarding the identity of the man to whom the remains of a severed head found at the scene is thought to have belonged. Sources said on Tuesday that Dr. Al-Sebai Ahmed al-Sebaei, head of the Forensic Examinations Authority, had examined the body parts and the shrapnel that was removed from victims' bodies in order to prepare a final forensics report. Crime lab experts, for their part, are also preparing a final report on the quantities and nature of the explosive materials used in the attack, along with its findings on the size of the explosive device, how and where it was detonated, and the force of the blast. The report is expected to be presented to the attorney-general's office on Thursday. Translated from the Arabic Edition.
