Egypt state of emergency extended for two more months
The interim, military backed government in Egypt originally announced a one-month state of emergency on August 14. On Thursday it extended the order, which covers the whole country, to mid-November. The president's office said the decision had been taken because of the security situation.
The decision brought a rapid response from the US administration: "We remain opposed, as we have from the beginning, to the state of emergency. And we urge the interim government to end it immediately," State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters.
"The interim government and military must ensure due process and that any citizens arrested by police or military are referred only to civilian courts," Harf added.
Palestinian Hamas accused
Also on Thursday, Egyptian state television accused Palestinian Hamas of training Egyptian Islamists in how to carry out bombings. Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, are allies.
"Security authorities have learned that the military wing of the Hamas movement trained several people to undertake car-bombing operations and trained various others to make explosives," said a presenter on state television.
"The military wing of the Hamas movement provided various Salafi jihadists and also other religious currents with 400 landmines. The security apparatus documented this and they will be arrested."
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