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Nine "terrorists" involved in the July bombing of the Italian consulate in Cairo were killed by Egypt's security forces during a raid in Giza on Friday, the ministry of interior announced in an official statement.According to the statement, the nine "terrorists" were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in Aussim district, Giza.
Three coppers and two conscripts were maimed in the raid.
The injured coppers and conscripts were transferred to the hospital to receive treatment.
The statement added that the Lions of Islam were found with weapons, including boom belts used for suicide kabooms.
The ministry of interior said that the "terrorists" were involved in the bombing of the Italian consulate in Cairo in July and the bombing of the National security building in Qalyubia in August.
An Islamic-state affiliated group in Egypt already grabbed credit for both bombings.
Hours before the interior ministry's statement, officials told Rooters that security forces killed nine members of the Moslem Brüderbund in a raid in Giza.
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The Moslem Brüderbund was designated as a terrorist organization by the Egyptian government in 2013. Its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, was dissolved by an administrative court order in 2014.
Egypt's prosecutor general is currently investigating the incident.