text: 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