FBIS4-68166
"jptot021__l94032"
JPRS-TOT-94-021-L
JPRS
Terrorism
FOUO
14 May 1994
NEAR EAST/SOUTH ASIA
EGYPT
Militants Claim Killings of 3 Policemen in Asyut
Militants Claim Killings of 3 Policemen in Asyut
NC1405205394 Paris AFP in English 2000 GMT 14 May 94
NC1405205394
Paris AFP
English
BFN
[Excerpt] Cairo, May 14 (AFP)--The militant Islamic group
al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyah said Saturday it had shot dead three
policemen and wounded a fourth in the Asyut region, a
fundamentalist stronghold in southern Egypt.
A statement sent to AFP from the group's armed wing said
that
Friday's two attacks were "part of a series planned to revenge
the murder" on April 25 of Tal'at Yasin, the organisation's
military leader.
It added they were also a warning to those who "killed the
martyr 'Abd-al-Harith Madani" who died in detention at the end
of April.
On Thursday the public prosecutor's office said initial
autopsies showed Madani had been tortured to death. [passage
omitted] [see previous Terrorism Report for coverage of police
shooting, lawyer's death]