CAIRO: The trial of a man charged with attempting to bomb a synagogue has been postponed, reported Egypt's state news agency MENA on Thursday. MENA quoted judicial sources as saying the Cairo Criminal Court postponed the trial until next Wednesday, March 23. Gamal Ahmed, 49, is accused of placing a bomb near the Jewish Synagogue on Adly Street in downtown Cairo in February 2010. The incident left no deaths or injuries. Ahmed's His trial was set to begin March 19, but was postponed as it coincides with the date of Egypt's referendum on proposed constitutional amendments. Ahmed is facing charges of possession of unlicensed explosives and intent to disturb public order and security, as he threw a makeshift bomb from a room in a hostel facing the synagogue. Last year, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Ahmed was connected with an extremist group that burned down videotape shops in 1984, however he was never referred to trial before this incident. The Ministry also said Ahmed is a drug addict who has been arrested several times on charges of possession of narcotics and that he was taken to a public psychiatric clinic in 1991. BM
