The Egyptian Army captured a huge number of suspects supporting takfiri members in Sinai. Official spokesman of the armed forces Colonel Tamer al-Rifai stated that 12 hideouts were bulldozed and 12 explosive charges were discovered in addition to four vehicles containing huge quantity of spare parts, motorbikes and materials used in making explosive charges. In a statement, Rifai said that eight suspects were captured for supporting takfiri members. He affirmed that the Third Field Army continues efforts to eradicate takfiri elements in central Sinai. Ansar Bait al-Maqdis is strongly active in Sinai, knowing that this group pledged allegiance to ISIS in November 2014 calling itself ISIS in Egypt. This coincides with a time when Egypts state security prosecution ordered a 15-day extension of the imprisonment of six suspects of plotting to execute terrorist operations against security men and to join a terrorist group. Suspects are facing charges of endorsing takfiri ideology, provoking violence, disturbing public security, threatening social peace, plotting to commit terrorist operations and communicating with terrorist groups to plot against the state. The trial of 66 suspects on charges of forming a terrorist group and joining it in Egypt proceeds at Giza Criminal Court. Chief prosecutor Nabil Sadeq had referred one of the suspects to the criminal court for accusations of funding terrorist operations. The Supreme Administrative Court looks on Saturday in the appeal on the verdict of eliminating the freeze imposed on assets of former footballer Mohamed Aboutrika. In Jan. 2017, North Cairo Criminal Court put Aboutrika, 38, among 1,500 others on the terrorist groups and figures’ lists, after accusing him of funding the Muslim Brotherhood with intention to conduct terrorist affairs and undermine the country’s economy.