Chief of Egypt's Suez Canal Authority, Mohab Memish, announced that the authority has foiled a terrorist attack on a container ship passing through the canal on Saturday.
A "terrorist" staged the attack on Saturday afternoon in an attempt to disrupt the flow of ships through the waterway, Xinhua reported.
"The terrorists targeted a container with the flag of Panama, the situation was dealt with strictly by the armed forces," Memish said, without giving further details.
He added security procedures have been intensified along with the navigation course and all its leading roads.
