Egypt: Arrest Israeli spies
2007-02-05 22:15
Cairo - Egypt asked the international police organisation Interpol on Monday to arrest three Israelis it accuses of being part of a spy ring, said judicial and security sources.
"Egypt officially requests that Interpol arrest the three missing Mossad agents involved in the spy affair so that they can be tried together with Egyptian Mohammed Essam Ghoneim al-Attar," said a justice official speaking on condition of anonymity.
Security officials in Egypt, which has a 1979 peace treaty with the Jewish state, confirmed the request.
The government announced on Saturday that it was charging Attar with conspiring to "harm Egypt's national interests" following his alleged recruitment by three Israelis while visiting Turkey in 2001 to spy on the Egyptian community abroad.
Israel confirmed it was the subject of espionage allegations in Egypt, but could not add to the bare details reported in the media.