EGYPT'S State Security Prosecution on Wednesday remanded in custody for 15 days a man suspected of throwing a makeshift bomb at a synagogue in downtown Cairo on Sunday. The questioning of suspect Gamal Hussein Hussein will continue by the State Security Prosecutor, to whom the case was referred by Chief Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud. The suspect is accused of committing a terror act and making bombs without a licence, as well as intending to harm public security, according to a legal source. Egyptian police have arrested Hussein, a 49-year-old tailor, who had allegedly carried out the firebomb attack on the main synagogue in Adli Street in Cairo. According to the Interior Ministry statement, he is a drug addict with a criminal record. He had been jailed for arson in the 1980s and in the 1990s for fraud. He was arrested on Tuesday while on his way to the US Embassy, where he reportedly hoped to seek political asylum. The suspect apparently confessed and told investigators that he had committed the attack because he was "angry at what is taking place in the Palestinian territories”. Asmall makeshift explosive device went off outside the synagogue in central Cairo, causing no injuries or damage to the building. The explosive device was made of four containers of petrol that were attached to a bottle of sulfuric acid, a piece of cotton, a match and a cigarette lighter, officials said.
