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Egyptian officer killed in clashes with Sinai jihadi group | ||||
2011-11-21 | ||||
EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma'an) -- An Egyptian officer was killed and another injured Monday as Egyptian security forces and a jihad boy Islamist group clashed in the Sinai city of El-Arish. Security forces raided the home of a big shot in the "Jihadists and Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... movement in the Jisr al-Wadi neighborhood of El-Arish, a security source told Ma'an.
Egyptian security officials say the "Jihadists and Takfiris" movement follows Al-Qaeda intellectually and demands an end to any military or foreign presence in the Sinai peninsula. Muhammad Eid Musleh Hamad, also known as Muhammad al-Teehi, was jugged last week by Egyptian security forces. He is accused of planning the deadly attacks in Israeli border city Eilat in August, as well as a number of attacks in the Egyptian peninsula, a Ma'an correspondent reported. Saboteurs blew up the gas pipeline between Egypt, Israel and Jordan on Nov. 10 in the Northern Sinai using remote controlled bombs, forcing it to shut down, Egyptian security sources said. Forces launched a security sweep in August to root out suspected Islamist gangs and, according to security sources at the time, captured four Islamist cut-throats as they prepared to blow up a pipeline in El-Arish.
The pipeline in the desert peninsula of Sinai has been attacked seven times this year as authorities have struggled to maintain control, especially since security was disrupted by the overthrow of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... in February. The policeman was rubbed out when his unit approached the hiding place of two members of the armed Islamist group Al-Takfir Wa Al-Hijra (Excommunication and Exodus), news agency MENA reported, citing security sources. Police set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock an Egyptian of Paleostinian origin named Nour Mohamed who was accused of firing shots during the raid. | ||||
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