Egypt arrests two suspects in Cairo nightclub attack

A fire started when assailants threw Molotov cocktails into a Cairo nightclub early Friday left 16 people dead, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

The assault came after an argument when guards denied two customers entry into the club, according to a prosecutor’s investigation cited by the state newspaper Al Ahram’s website.

Club manager Hassan Ramadan said the 11 men and five women who died in the blaze were employees.

Egyptian police have arrested two of the suspects in a nightclub firebombing attack that killed at least 16 people in Cairo, officials have said.

The Interior Ministry said on Saturday that the two admitted, to have thrown Molotov cocktails at the nightclub in Cairo’s Agouza district in revenge for having been refused entry earlier.

Two Cairo residents, an 18-year old student and a 19-year-old mechanic, were arrested in Suez province on the Red Sea coast after fleeing the city.

Source: CCTV Africa