Cairo, EGYPT
Egyptian police forces killed 18 terrorists during a shootout in
the country’s restive North Sinai Province, Egyptian Ministry of Interior said
early on Sunday.
In a statement, the ministry said that the national security
sector obtained information about a hideout of terrorist elements in Bir El-Abd
city in North Sinai.
A shootout between police forces and the terrorists resulted in
the deaths of 18 terrorists, the ministry said, adding that 13 automatic
refiles, three bombs and two explosive belts were found at the terrorists’ den.
The operation came two days after a military officer and eight
soldiers had been killed in a terrorist blast in North Sinai region.
Egypt has been countering terrorism since the Egyptian army
ousted late President Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
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