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| Islamic State claims shooting near Cairo that killed 8 cops |
| 2016-05-09 |
| [IsraelTimes] Jihadist group says attack by ’squad of soldiers of caliphate’ was retaliation for ’women imprisoned’ by Egypt Eight coppers were rubbed out on Cairo’s southern outskirts in an attack claimed Sunday by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group, one of its deadliest in mainland Egypt. The interior ministry said four assailants in a truck intercepted a van carrying the coppers in the district of Helwan, just south of Cairo, and sprayed them with automatic rifle fire. It said those killed in the shooting overnight included a lieutenant and seven lower ranking coppers who had been on patrol in plain clothing. In a statement circulated on social media, IS said "a squad of the soldiers of the caliphate" opened fire on the police van and then made off with their weapons. It said the attack was carried out in retaliation for "women imprisoned" in Egyptian jails. Jihadists have killed hundreds of coppers and soldiers in attacks, mostly in the Sinai Peninsula and also in and around Cairo, since the military toppled Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in 2013. IS jihadists, who are based in the sparsely populated Sinai Peninsula bordering Israel and the Paleostinian Gazoo Strip, have repeatedly tried to make inroads into the capital, where police have had more success in quelling them than in Sinai. They have claimed several attacks in Cairo, including the bombing of the Italian consulate in July 2015. More recently bully boyz have conducted hit-and-run attacks on coppers in Cairo and small-scale bombings. They often claim their attacks are in retaliation for a bloody police crackdown on Islamist supporters of Morsi, which has killed hundreds of protesters and imprisoned thousands. They have also targeted foreigners. The bombing came two months after IS bully boyz kidnapped a Croatian oil worker near Cairo and beheaded him. Police later tracked down the top IS operative in Cairo, who was linked to the Croat’s murder, and killed him in a shootout. But efforts to crush the insurgency in Sinai have floundered despite a massive army campaign. In March, IS gunnies killed 15 coppers at a checkpoint near el-Arish, the historic provincial capital of North Sinai. The Sunni holy warrior group declared a "caliphate" nearly two years ago in areas under its control in Iraq and Syria. The Sinai branch pledged allegiance to IS in November 2014, and since then its attacks have grown more sophisticated. The military says it has killed more than 1,000 Lion of Islams, occasionally publishing pictures of their bodies. The statements are difficult to verify, with news hounds having little access to the north of the peninsula. Hundreds of multi-national forces soldiers are based in Sinai to monitor a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, and Washington has indicated it would cut its troops over the jihadist threat. The Pentagon said last month it remained "fully committed" to the mission but wants to use drones to assume some of the riskier work. Military funeral held for eight policemen killed in Cairo's Helwan [AlAhram] A military funeral was held in New Cairo’s police academy on Sunday afternoon for eight coppers bumped off by unknown assailants in the capital's southern district of Helwan. In the early hours of Sunday morning, four individuals, who were waiting in a mini-van, opened fire on a police patrol resulting in the deaths of all eight officers, state news agency MENA reported. The slain coppers included seven low-ranking coppers and a junior police officer. The assailants are still on the lam. Sunday's deadly assault on the patrol was one of the largest attacks on security forces in the capital in months. The south Cairo prosecution said in a statement it had examined the scene of the crime, questioned 10 eyewitnesses and impounded 120 bullet shells from the site. |
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