EL-ARISH: A second fugitive wanted in the bombings last month at a Sinai beach resort has turned himself in, security officials said Saturday.
Saleh Emera Saleh El-Deeb surrendered to authorities in El-Arish on Friday, according to Brig. Gen. Adel Fawzi, an official in North Sinai s criminal investigations unit.
Negotiations are still underway with local tribal leaders for the surrender the rest of the fugitives, Fawzi said.
Al-Deeb was the second wanted man to give himself up. Last week, security officials announced that Khalil El-Menei had turned himself in and was being treated well. Fawzi said he expected most of the other men wanted in the attack would surrender.
The killing of their leaders, security cordons and government promises to treat them well are behind their surrender, Fawzi said.
Earlier this week, security officials urged tribal leaders and citizens to persuade the suspects to give themselves up and to renounce extremism.
Al-Deeb was among the most wanted fugitives in the April 24 triple bombing at the Dahab Red Sea resort that killed 20 people.
The Dahab blast was the third major attack on a Sinai resort in the past two years, bombings that have killed a total of 120 people.
Egyptian authorities have said all the attacks were carried out by a group calling itself Tawhid wal Jihad, which is inspired by Al-Qaeda. AP
