President Mohamed Morsy on Sunday warned those who threatened Egypt’s security “not to be fooled” by his “patience.”
“Some still think that our eyes are not wide open,” said Morsy on Twitter. “But do not be deceived by my forbearance, for this matter concerns our homeland which we will spare no effort to protect.”
Three policemen were killed and a fourth injured in an armed attack on a police car in Arish on Saturday. Security sources said unknown armed men attacked the car and shot fire at the passengers inside before fleeing. The reason for the attack was not clear.
Additionally, residents seized control Saturday of the North Sinai Governorate headquarters in Arish, demanding the governor’s resignation.
Mossad Abu Fagr, an activist, said on Twitter, “The demands of the revolutionaries of Sinai are the removal of the governor and the appointment of a panel of 25 individuals from among the revolutionaries to run the governorate until a new governor is elected.”
“All the revolutionaries throughout Sinai should head to the governorate headquarters in Arish. The vanguards now control the governorate headquarters,” Abu Fagr added.
Unknown armed men who belong to a Bedouin tribe also attacked a police station in Nakhl City on Friday to release an imprisoned relative of theirs.
“Egypt is going through a difficult period,” Morsy said, adding that the country is moving from a stage in which it was steeped in persecution to one with development, stability and social justice.
“I will not allow any intellectual or cultural currents to tamper with the country’s resources or change its identity and the fact that it belongs to the Arab and Islamic worlds,” he added.
