CAIRO, July 6 (UPI) -- Egypt arrested 13 Muslim Brotherhood members Monday, suspected of installing explosives around the Suez Canal to disrupt shipping.
The canal is the prime maritime shipping route between Asia and Europe and an important source of hard currency for Egypt. Security sources said the group of 13 includes an employee of the Suez Canal authority. Prosecutors contend they planted bombs on beaches adjoining the canal, and in sanitation and electrical facilities along the 120-mile-long route.