By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Ministry of Interior said Saturday police arrested the four assailants who attacked presidential hopeful Abdel Moniem AbolFotoh last Thursday. According to potential candidate’s campaign, he was recovering at home and receiving visitors. The ministry said that one of the four assailants is an inmate who escaped prison while the second was …
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Two attacks on a presidential hopeful and a lawmaker in less than 24 hours left politicians and observers speculating about secret plots, the security vacuum and the future of the political scene under the threat of violence. Presidential hopeful Abdel Moneim Abol Fotoh was briefly hospitalized following an attack on his …
By Rania Al-Malky and Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Three masked assailants attacked outspoken presidential hopeful Abdel Moneim Abol Fotoh and his driver late Thursday on the Ring Road, his campaign team said on Friday. Both were hospitalized but Abol Fotoh returned home on Friday morning. The Islamist potential candidate and his driver were taken to hospital. …
