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tory_continues_1″>Egyptian police have arrested three al-Qaeda militants planning a suicide attack on a Western embassy, the country’s interior minister says.
Mohammed Ibrahim did not specify which embassy had been targeted, but said a quantity of chemicals had been found.
Mr Ibrahim gave the names of three men and said they were planning attacks in both Cairo and Alexandria.
The plot was said to be in its final stages, he said.
A lawyer for the three men told al-Ahram website they denied all the accusations and he condemned the case as “fabricated”.
At a news conference, the minister gave details of the discovery of 10kg (22lbs) of ammonium nitrate – which can be used in improvised explosives – a computer with files containing information on bomb-making and a flash memory with instructions on how to build rockets.
