EL-ARISH, Egypt – Egyptian security officials said Monday they arrested an escaped convict who was sentenced to life in prison for his role in bombings at tourist resorts on the Red Sea that killed at least 125 people in 2004 and 2005. Mohammed Abdullah Abu-Jarir was arrested in his home before dawn in the northern Sinai Peninsula town of Sabeel, just outside the provincial capital of El-Arish, the officials said. Abu-Jarir had been convicted for his role in attacks on Sharm El-Sheikh and Taba, but escaped a Cairo prison during last year's popular uprising. – AP Abu Jarir's brother-in-law, Hassan Ghanem, was also arrested in Sabeel Monday, the officials added. Ghanem had been wanted in connection with the so-called “Nasr City terror cell”, accused of plotting attacks against public figures in Egypt including the new president, Mohamed Morsi. Two others, originally from northern Sinai, were arrested Sunday in Cairo in connection with the case. They will join eight other men, including three former military officers and a Tunisian, already detained as suspected members of the cell. – AP
