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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Briton arrested in Egypt on spying charges says he is free
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA British-Libyan tourist says Egyptian authorities have released him two weeks after he was arrested over a video he filmed on his cellphone that showed a military helicopter in the background.
Muhammed Fathi AbulKasem announces his release in an audio message posted on YouTube on December 8.
He says “I’m not ready to talk right now, but I feel I owe you, due to your support, to inform you I’m out.” He says he was held in “an Egyptian hellhole.”
AbulKasem was arrested shortly after arriving in Alexandria on November 21 from neighboring Libya “on suspicion of collecting information against the military.”
His cousin, Shareen Nawaz, says in a Facebook post that AbulKasem was “cleared of all of the ridiculous charges,” without elaborating.
— AP
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