Military and police forces are heightening security at the Suez Canal over fears of terrorist attacks by armed jihadist groups in Sinai, a security source has said.
Security authorities fear these groups will carry out attacks while the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak begins on Wednesday at the Police Academy in Cairo.
The new measures include inspecting vehicles with cargo, as well as stopping suspicious people on bridges and passengers on ferries, the source said, adding that the new measures will continue indefinitely.
The source continued to say that authorities have received information that these groups might carry out attacks like the one that targeted a police station in Arish on Friday and led to five deaths.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
