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Egypt security forces free officer kidnapped during Western Desert shootout with terrorists
[AlAhram] Egyptian security forces freed on Tuesday a police officer who was kidnapped during the deadly shootout earlier this month between coppers and turbans in Egypt’s Western Desert, Egypt's armed forces announced in a statement.

Police officer Mohammed El-Hayes was rescued in an operation by security forces near El-Wahat highway where a number of bad boyz were potted.

El-Hayes has been taken to a military hospital for treatment, the statement read.

The officer had gone missing during the 19 October incident, which killed 16 coppers as they executed a raid on a terrorist hideout in Bahariya Oasis about 135 kilometers (83 miles) southwest of Giza.

The Egyptian interior ministry has not yet released a statement on the rescue.

El-Hayes' brother, Atef, told al-Ahram Arabic news website that the family spoke to El-Hayes on the phone, and that he seemed in high spirits.

Anti-terrorism operation continues in Egypt's Western Desert: Armed Forces

[AlAhram] Egypt's Armed Forces announced on Wednesday that the joint military-police operation targeting terrorist hideouts in the Western Desert continued for the second day in a row, the Egyptian army said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Egyptian air forces - supported by special army commandoes units (Sae'ka) and police - carried out airstrikes in southern Fayoum, killing all terrorist targets.

Security forces are currently combing the area for any terrorists who may have escaped.

The Armed Forces released a video of the airstrike, as well as photos showing the dead bodies of the terrorists and destroyed vehicles including a pickup truck fitted with machine guns.

The operation comes after the shootout on 19 October in the Western Desert between security forces and terrorists, where 16 policemen were killed and 13 were injured.
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-11-02
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