[ 27/04/2011 - 11:56 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)-- Egypt released noon Wednesday nine Palestinians held in the Qanatir prison after they were promised to be released last Monday.
Imad al-Sayyid, spokesman for the committee of families of prisoners in Egypt, confirmed to the Palestinian Information Center that the men are already on their way home to the Gaza Strip.
Sayyid said the nine men released were Palestinians. Three of them were nabbed on political accusations, and the other six were suspected of smuggling goods from Egypt through secret tunnels, he said.
He added that Egyptian authorities promised about a week ago to release the men, but that was delayed until Wednesday because of holidays celebrating the liberation of the Sinai Peninsula.
23 more Palestinians remain detained in Egyptian prisons, Sayyid added.
He said there is news on the release of three others from the notorious Al-Aqrab prison, information he said has not yet been confirmed.
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