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Three 'militants' killed in shootout in Ain Sokhna
[Al Ahram] Egyptian troops on Thursday killed three hard boy fighters in a shootout near the Red Sea resort of Ain Sokhna, a military source told Reuter's Aswat Masriya. The men made their way from Sinai, a hotbed of Islamist insurgency, through mountainous and desert areas as part of a plan to travel to Cairo and Suez to target security forces, the source said. Six hard boy suspects were tossed in the slammer Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! in the firefight with assistance from rustics, the source added. Egypt's military has been fighting an Islamist insurgency based in the border Sinai Peninsula that has worsened since the army's ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013. Militant attacks have mainly targetedpolice and the armed forces but have also led to civilian casualties. Last week, eleven coppers were killed in a blast near the North Sinai town of Rafah, adjoining the Paleostinian Gazoo Strip. Posted by: Fred 2014-09-12 |
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