Egypt police detain 26 suspected Moslem militants .
CAIRO 1996-08-30
Police have detained 26 suspected members of Egypt 's largest militant group al-Gama'a al-Islamiya ( Islamic Group ) , government newspapers reported on Friday .
They said police arrested the militants in the eastern Sharqiyah province after capturing their leader Rami al-Saadani in a satellite city outside Cairo .
Al-Akhbar newspapers said the men had been plotting against " strategic institutions and prominent individuals " but gave no other details .
The newspapers said the men were being interrogated .
State security officials were not immediately available for comment .
More than 960 people have been killed in the armed struggle the Gama'a launched in 1992 to topple President Hosni Mubarak 's government and establish a purist Islamic state in its place