CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt remanded an Israeli spy suspect in custody for 15 days on Saturday despite Israel's insistence he was innocent of espionage, judicial sources said.
Ilan Grapel, a US-Israeli joint citizen who was arrested in a Cairo hotel on June 12, is to remain in detention for the "needs of the investigation," the two sources said.
His initial remand had been due to expire on Monday.
Two days after Grapel's arrest, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman strongly denied he was spy.
"I can say categorically that this student, who may have behaved bizarrely and irresponsibly, has no ties with Israeli, American or even lunar intelligence services," Lieberman told Israeli army radio.
"This is a mistake or bizarre behaviour on the part of the Egyptian authorities, who have received full explanations from us," he added.
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