The head of security in Qena confirmed that officials examined the bird and the device. Mohammed Kamal said the device was neither an explosive nor a spying device. It is thought to have probably been a wildlife tracker.

Earlier this year, a security guard filed a police report after capturing a pigeon he said carried microfilm. With turmoil gripping Egypt, authorities and citizens remain suspicious of anything foreign.  The country has been in turmoil following the July 3 coup that toppled President Mohammad Morsi. Clashes between Egyptian security forces and Morsi’s supporters have killed hundreds of people.

“We do believe that the recent operations of the security forces have been disproportionate and we’re worried about the resulting alarming number of people that have been killed,”said the EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.

Political turbulence has kept Egypt on edge for months. At least 900 people, including 100 soldiers and police, have been killed in a crackdown on Morsi supporters, making it the country’s bloodiest internal episode in decades.

The United States and the European Union have both been reviewing aid to Cairo in light of the bloodshed, but Saudi Arabia, a foe of the Brotherhood, has promised to make up any shortfall.

source: Daily Mail

authority – hatóság
to detain – őrizetbe venni
citizen – állampolgár
to suspect – gyanakodni
spy – kém
official – tiszt
governorate – kormányzóság
undercover agent – titkosügynök
electronic device – elektromos eszköz
to confirm – megerősíteni
to examine – megvizsgálni
neither … nor … – sem … sem
explosive – robbanóanyag
wildlife tracker – vadvilági nyomonkövető
to file a police report – rendőrségi bejelentést tenni
to capture – elfogni
pigeon – galamb
turmoil – zavargás, zűrzavar
gripping – zúgolódás, morgolódás
coup – puccs
to topple – inogni, meginogni
clash – összeütközés, ellentét
supporter – támogató
recent – közelmúltbeli
operation – művelet
securitty forces – biztonsági erők
disproportionate – aránytalan
alarming – aggasztó
turbulence – zajongás, zavargás
crackdown – megleckéztetés
bloody – véres
internal – belső
decade – évtized
to review – áttekinteni, átnézni
aid – segítség
bloodshed – vérontás
foe – ellenség
to make up – kárpótolni
shortfall – hiány