Sunday, May 3, 2020

EGYPTIAN POLICE KILL 18 TERRORISTS IN RESTIVE NORTH SINAI.


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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