Egypt's coastguard has caught three divers cutting through
an undersea internet cable, the first suggestion criminals might be involved in
days of severed connections and disruptions to online services.
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Crimes rates have been rising across Egypt amid wider
disorder triggered by the uprising that unseated Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
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27 Mar 2013
A patrol stopped a fishing boat near the Mediterranean port
city of Alexandria and arrested three divers, the army spokesman said on his
official Facebook page.
He did not give details of the divers' possible motive in
severing the link he said belonged to Egypt Telecom, the country's only
landline provider.
"The armed forces foiled an attempt and arrested three
divers while they were cutting a submarine cable," he said.
It was not immediately clear whether the incident was
related to disruptions off Egypt reported by cable operator SEACOM last week
that it said hit several lines connecting Europe with Africa, the Middle East
and Asia.
SEACOM did not give any explanation for the cuts it said hit
its cables and other network systems funneling telecoms traffic backwards and
forwards in the early hours of Friday.
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