The security personnel killed the terrorist after an exchange of fire, noted the statement, adding that an boom belt, two grenades, an automatic weapon, four magazines, and 112 bullets were found in his possession.
The ministry said all legal measures have been taken and that the country's Supreme State Security Prosecution is investigating the incident.
In the past several years, Egypt has been battling Death Eaters in North Sinai, who carried out deadly attacks on police and Armed Forces checkpoints as well as civilians.
However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
in 2018, the Armed Forces launched a major counter-terrorist drive dubbed "Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018" that succeeded in almost eradicating terrorism from North Sinai as well as the Nile Delta and desert areas.
As a result, the rate of terrorist attacks in North Sinai has declined in recent years following massive and successive security and military anti-terror operations.
The Egyptian Armed forces has foiled two terrorist attacks this month.
On 7 May, the army thwarted an attack launched by a group of Death Eaters on a water lifting station in western Sinai, which left an officer and 10 soldiers dead as well as five others injured.
On 11 May, the army killed seven Death Eaters in an ambush near a security checkpoint, which left an officer and four soldiers dead and two others injured.
A branch of the terrorist group Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(IS) — that was formerly known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis — grabbed credit for the 7 May attack.
On Sunday, the Armed Forces announced the killing of four Death Eaters during a series of raids on a number of krazed killer hideouts in North Sinai, as part of its ongoing anti-terror operations.