Four Britons arrested in Egypt

12 April 2012

Four Britons have been arrested by Egyptian security forces, the Foreign Office said today.

The men, understood to be from London, were seized at Cairo and Alexandria on 1 April apparently on suspicion of being members of a terrorist cell called the Islamic Liberation Party.

Consular officials visited them on 11 April. An FO spokesman said: "They haven't been formally charged but are still being questioned. We are in regular contact with their families."

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