Cairo security apparatuses arrested a peddler for fabricating a story on intended burning of a number of shops in Al Ghoriya area of Cairo's Ataba district earlier this week.

A security source told MENA that the street hawker aimed at getting a greater compensation from the State.

When confronted by police officers, Abdullah Mabrouk, 61, said the story was baseless, and was referred to prosecution authorities, according to the source.

Source: MENA