Irish siblings 'in Cairo jail'
Four Irish siblings caught up in the violence in Cairo are being held in an Egyptian prison, their family said. The three sisters and one brother are the children of the Imam of Ireland's largest mosque in Dublin.
Irish family 'trapped in Cairo mosque'
Four Irish citizens are among hundreds of people trapped in an Egyptian mosque.
The three women and a teenager are children of Hussein Halawa, the Imam of Ireland's biggest mosque in Dublin.
The four siblings, who are on holiday in Egypt, sought refuge in the mosque after 80 people were killed during violent clashes between supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi and the security forces in Cairo yesterday.
Omaima Halawa, 21, who is with her two sisters Somaia, 27, and Fatima, 23, as well as their younger brother Ibrihim, 17, described the scene in Cairo as very frightening.
"We are surrounded in the mosque both inside and outside," she told Irish national broadcaster RTE.
"The security forces broke in and threw tear gas at us."
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