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Egypt forces kill 52 'takfiris' in Sinai operation: Military
[AlAhram] Egypt's military and police forces have killed 52 forces of Evil and enjugged
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 dozens of suspects in an ongoing crackdown in Sinai, the army said in a statement on Sunday.

Thirty-nine "very dangerous 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...
s" were killed by military forces in different raids in central and northern Sinai and 13 others were killed by national security forces in the North Sinai capital of Arish, military front man Colonel Tamer El-Refaie said in a video showing footage and photos of the operation which was published on his offical Facebook page.

The statement said the forces of Evil were killed over the past few days.

The attacks are part of a major security operation, Operation Sinai 2018, which was launched in February to target forces of Evil in Sinai, the Nile Delta and the country's Western Desert. The months-long campaign involves the army, navy, air force and police.

The Arabic word "takfiri" refers to hardline Sunni Moslems who accuse other Moslems of being infidels, often as a justification for using violence against them.

The air force, which has been conducting Arclight airstrikes in northern and central Sinai since the operation started, has destroyed 15 vehicles loaded with weapons and ammunition while attempting to infiltrate through the country's western border with Libya. Seventeen other vehicles were destroyed south of Cairo, the front man added.

Fourty-nine suspects were arrested and 26 hideouts and caches used by the forces of Evil were destroyed during raids by military and civil police forces in north and central Sinai.

Military engineers have discovered and destroyed 64 bombs planted to target forces at operation sites. Forces also destroyed four tunnel openings in the border city of Rafah in North Sinai.
Al Jazeera adds:
The deaths bring to more than 300 the number of fighters killed in the operation that the Egyptian army, backed by police and other security forces, launched in February as part of a campaign to eradicate gangs responsible for a surge in violence in the desert region.
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