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Four militants killed in raid in Giza's Kerdasa: Police
 [AlAhram] Four In statements to MENA, a Giza security directorate source said that police forces killed the wanted "terrorists" while attempting to arrest them, adding that police opened fire after the The source added that ammunition and several shell casings were found with the four men. It is unclear what charges the men were wanted for by the prosecution, or with which group they were affiliated. Kerdasa has been known to be a stronghold for supporters of the now-banned Moslem Brüderbund and ousted president Mohammed Morsi.
The men were killed after opening fire on security forces who approached them in Giza, on the southwestern edge of the Egyptian capital Cairo, where they were meeting to plan an attack, the ministry said in a statement. It identified one of them as Sameh Mohammed Farahat Abd el-Mageed, a 30-year-old leader of a takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... group. Ammunition, weapons and a car were found at the scene, the statement said. It did not identify the three other men. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-03-04 |
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