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Egyptian police kill 6 terrorists in North Sinai shootout
[AlAhram] Six bad boyz were potted in a shootout with police forces during a raid in Bir El-Abd city in North Sinai, Egypt's interior ministry announced in a statement on Monday.The ministry said police carried out the raid after Egypt's national security agency received information revealing that a terrorist group was using an under-construction building as a hideout in Abu Shalla road in Bir al-Abd, North Sinai. The Lions of Islam exchanged fire with security forces resulting in the death of six terrorists. Police found a number of automatic weapons and bombs in their possession. No casualties were reported among the police. Related: Bir al-Abd: 2019-10-14 Egyptian officials say 9 killed in explosion in north Sinai Bir al-Abd: 2019-10-06 The ebb and tide of terrorism in the Egyptian Sinai Bir al-Abd: 2019-07-18 Suspected jihadists behead 4 in northern Sinai Related: North Sinai: 2020-02-13 Sinai’s terrorist attack repelled North Sinai: 2020-02-12 Seventeen militants killed in shootout in North Sinai: Ministry North Sinai: 2020-02-10 Egypt’s military foils checkpoint attack, kills 10 terrorists in North Sinai Posted by: trailing wife 2020-03-17 |
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