All 3 U.S. students arrested leave Egpyt
All three American students arrested have left Egypt, according to the Associated Press.
Update, 9:30 a.m.
The Associated Press is reporting all three of the college students from the United States have left Egypt, catching flights out of Cairo early this morning. The AP says the update came from an airport official and an attorney for one of the students.
Earlier Saturday morning, the Associated Press reported two of the three students left Egypt, with a third still waiting to depart.
The three were arrested on the roof of a university building near Tahrir Square last week after Egyptian officials accused them of throwing firebombs during a protest.
According to the AP, Gregory Porter, 19, left Egypt early this morning along with 21-year-old Luke Gates. Porter, of Glenside, Pennsylvania, is a student at Drexel University.
The AP says an Egyptian court ordered the release of the three American University students on Thursday.
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