Egypt holds Black Bloc member over 'Israeli sabotage plan'
Israel rejects the notion of involvement in Black Bloc issue as Egypt
arrests a member of the newly-rising group of carrying out an Israel-backed
sabotage plan
AFP , Friday 1 Feb 2013
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/63805/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-holds-Black-Bloc-member-over-Israeli-sabotag.aspx

Egyptian authorities on Thursday detained a member of the Black Bloc group
suspected of planning to carry out an Israeli-directed sabotage plan, the
official MENA news agency said.

One person "belonging to the Black Bloc organisation was arrested inside a
building overlooking Tahrir Square carrying Israeli plans to target petrol
companies and vital installations, maps of these places and instructions on
setting fire to some places," MENA reported.

Israel firmly rejected the notion of its involvement in any such plot.

The state security prosecution is currently questioning the suspect who is
accused of "belonging to an illegal organisation and planning to sabotage
private and public property."

According to MENA, the suspect admitted to belonging to the Black Bloc, a
group of masked protesters who have appeared among protesters in recent
clashes with police.

The suspect was spotted by a security guard in a residential building off
Tahrir Square and handed over to police, MENA said.

Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said he had no idea whether
or not the Black Bloc member intended to carry out a plan of sabotage, but
the claim of Israeli involvement was "utter nonsense."

The arrest comes on the eve of planned protests against President Mohamed
Morsi as deadly unrest has swept the country.