A statement from the Interior Ministry on Thursday said that security services seized a warehouse of a terrorist cell in the 6th of October City. The warehouse was allegedly used to manufacture explosives and closed circuit electrical devices.
Security seized a barrel of 200 kg of silver nitrate, 86 trays of silver nitrate each weighing 2 kg, 57 sacks of ammonium nitrate each weighing 40 kg, five sacks of sulfur each weighing 45 kg, 2 glass vases with a chemical substance, 35 meters of blast wire, 44 iron cylinders of different sizes, and a personal computer containing methods of manufacturing improvised explosive devices.
Also seized were five electric heaters, three connected 9-volt batteries, a digital scale, an automatic weapon and 98 bullets.
Security services are currentlly continuing their search for the terrorist cell.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
