At least 10 #Orascom employees killed in bus accident

The bus belonging to Orascom Group was transporting 36 employees when it slipped into Mariotiya river canal in Giza

Civil protection forces try and retrieve bodies after bus transporting Orascom employees falls in Mariouteya river channel

At least 12 were killed Saturday when their work bus slipped into Mariotiya river canal in Giza's Haram district, according to the health ministry.

Another 15 were injured in the accident, health ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar told .

The bus, which belongs to Orascom Group, was transporting 36 of the company's employees when the accident happened.

Bodies were pulled from the water while civil protection forces are trying to retrieve more bodies believed to have sunk. The death toll is likely to rise.

Local security forces sent a winch to pull the bus from the lake and the road was blocked.

Traffic accidents, which official statistics say claim 18 lives a day, are commonplace in Egypt due to ill-maintained roads and railways as well as disregard for traffic laws.

Earlier in March, seven people were killed — including children — and 26 others injured in a collision between a school bus and a train on a highway connecting Cairo to the northeastern city of Ismailia.

Tense calm in Egypt's Kerdasa following security operation

Schools remain closed in the Giza district of Kerdasa amid an ongoing security operation that started Thursday aimed at finding suspects in the attack on the local police station in August

Egypt's Giza district of Kerdasa saw a tense calm Saturday as security forces continue to surround and comb the area following a police and army security operation targeting suspects in the deadly attack on Kerdasa police station last month.

On the first day of the school year, schools in Kerdasa have not yet opened for security reasons. However, many residents have resumed their daily activities, according to Al-Ahram Arabic news website.

Egypt's security troops stormed Kerdasa Thursday to arrest people accused of attacking and torching its police station with rocket propelled grenades, killing 11 security officers following the violent dispersal of pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo and Giza 14 August.

One police officer was killed in an exchange of fire with armed groups Thursday, while security forces arrested 51 suspects from the area and still looking for others.