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Africa North
Egypt says forces killed Sinai monastery shooter
2017-04-20
[IsraelTimes] Suspect behind attack near St. Catherine’s in which one policeman killed and 3 injured dies after shootout with cops.

Egyptian security forces killed a gunman suspected of shooting dead a policeman near St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

Three other officers were maimed in Tuesday’s attack in South Sinai province at a checkpoint near the ancient site, the ministry said.

The shooting, which the ministry said Tuesday was carried out by "a number of gunnies," was claimed 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group.

"Security forces in South Sinai, in cooperation with Bedouin elements tracked the perpetrators’ escape route and closed roads that would be used to escape" the scene of the shooting, the ministry said in a statement.

It said the suspect began firing after he was found by security forces, "which required the forces to quickly deal with him, injuring him leading to his death."

Security staff found an automatic weapon and ammunition, adding that "investigations are ongoing to identify the terrorist."

St. Catherine’s Monastery, a Christian site 500 kilometers (300 miles) southeast of Cairo in the south of the Sinai attracts thousands of visitors a year.
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