The man entered the presidential box quietly. He slowly raised the gun.
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Authorities found what appeared to be an open gunbox on the seat of his car, which had been parked at the East Falls Church Metro station, according to the complaint.
Last weekend, Subash Gurung, 27, who said he was from Nepal, managed to pass through a security checkpoint at O'Hare with seven knives, a stun gun and a box labeled "tear gas" in his carry-on luggage.
Whatever the outcome, Egypt looks set to join a broader regional trend that has seen a more pragmatic, tolerant form of Islamism rise to dominate the political scene, by way of the ballot box rather than the gun barrel.