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Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Rescue of police officer captures in Wahat clash dominates airwaves on 31 October 2017

The rescue of police Capt. Mohamed El Hayes, who had been kidnapped in the midst of last month’s terror attacks in El Wahat reigned supreme on the airwaves last night.

Kamal talked to Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil about the launch of the industrial investment map, which Kabil said took one year and 200 researchers to prepare. The map clearly lists the land plots and services available for industrial projects, as well as the manpower, skills, and raw materials required for each of these projects (watch, runtime 11:42). We have more in Speed Round, below.

Meat prices: Over on Yahduth fi Masr, Sherif Amer was more concerned with meat prices, which the head of the butchers’ division at the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce Haitham Abdel Baset said have dropped only because consumers still have a surplus of meat since Eid Al Adha.

DRAMATIC RESCUE OF KIDNAPPED POLICE OFFICER: Kol Youm’s Amr Adib spoke to both parents of Capt. Mohamed El Hayes, each of whom said that their son’s rescue from the Western Desert was a “miracle” and that security forces have been following up with them since his kidnapping (watch, runtime 6:15) and (watch, runtime 6:58). El Hayes’ father also phoned in to Hona Al Asema to inform Lamees Al Hadidi that his son is undergoing surgery for an injury to his leg (watch, runtime 6:23).

Lamees spoke to Supreme Anti-Terrorism Council member Khaled Okasha, who said that the terrorists who had taken El Hayes were transporting him to Libya when security forces freed him. Okasha also said security forces have been running operations in the Western Desert since last month’s clashes (watch, runtime 7:20). Security expert Fouad Allam said El Hayes could serve as an important source of information on the inner workings of the terrorist groups who had launched the Wahat attack (watch, runtime 2:40).

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