Egypt: Armed Forces Abort Attempt to Storm Port Said Prison

28 January 2013

Egypt's Second Field Army members on Monday thwarted an attempt to break into Port Said General Prison, official spokesman of the Armed Forces Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Ali said.

A group of six armed people on motorcycles clashed with army forces and exchanged gunfire, Colonel Ali said in a statement published on his Facebook page.

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