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.
Four Irish siblings are 'being held in a Cairo prison'
An Irish woman has claimed that four of her siblings are being held in a Cairo prison after being caught up in protests in Egypt over the last few days.
Nasaybi Halawa, whose three sisters and a brother became trapped in a mosque yesterday as it was surrounded by Egyptian security forces, says she is concerned for their safety.
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