CAIRO - Egypt's chief prosecutor has ordered a Jordanian and an Israeli to be tried at a state security court on charges of spying for Israel, according to Egyptian security sources and media.
Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper said the two men entered Egypt after the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in February.
Their aim was to allegedly intercept and reroute international calls, enabling Israel's Mossad security agency to monitor the calls in a way that endangered Egyptian national security.
The first suspect, Jordanian communications engineer Bashar Ibrahim Abu Zeid was arrested in March, while the second, an Israeli identified as Ofir Herari, fled the country and was being tried in absentia.
Al-Masry Al-Youm said Abu Zeid was also charged with collecting data on employees working in the telecommunications sector, with the aim of recruiting candidates to work for Mossad.
Espionage trial for two
CAIRO - Egypt's chief prosecutor has ordered a Jordanian and an Israeli to be tried at a state security court on charges of spying for Israel, according to Egyptian security sources and media.
Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper said the two men entered Egypt after the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in February.
Their aim was to allegedly intercept and reroute international calls, enabling Israel's Mossad security agency to monitor the calls in a way that endangered Egyptian national security.
The first suspect, Jordanian communications engineer Bashar Ibrahim Abu Zeid was arrested in March, while the second, an Israeli identified as Ofir Herari, fled the country and was being tried in absentia.
Al-Masry Al-Youm said Abu Zeid was also charged with collecting data on employees working in the telecommunications sector, with the aim of recruiting candidates to work for Mossad.
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