Seven Alleged Combatants Killed in North Sinai
Ahram Online, Wednesday 3 Sep 2014
Egyptian security sources in North Sinai say they have killed seven 'jihadists' and arrested others in an operation near Sheikh Zuweid where 11 security personnel were killed Tuesday
Security sources said seven "jihadists" were killed and six others injured Tuesday night in North Sinai, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.
Sources told Al-Ahram that a security operation south of Sheikh Zuweid town killed seven jihadists, including two who were in a car carrying machine guns and two on a motorcycle.
Security forces also arrested 11 suspects and eliminated 35 "terrorist hotbeds," according to Al-Ahram.
Egypt's army has been fighting an extremist insurgency in the violence-ridden northern part of the peninsula.
On Tuesday, 11 security personnel were killed and four others injured when an IED, planted by unknown assailants on the Sheikh Zuweid - Rafah international highway, exploded as a police vehicle passed by.
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| Picture said to be of killed combatants in the north Sinai. |
Egyptian security sources in North Sinai say they have killed seven 'jihadists' and arrested others in an operation near Sheikh Zuweid where 11 security personnel were killed Tuesday
Security sources said seven "jihadists" were killed and six others injured Tuesday night in North Sinai, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.
Sources told Al-Ahram that a security operation south of Sheikh Zuweid town killed seven jihadists, including two who were in a car carrying machine guns and two on a motorcycle.
Security forces also arrested 11 suspects and eliminated 35 "terrorist hotbeds," according to Al-Ahram.
Egypt's army has been fighting an extremist insurgency in the violence-ridden northern part of the peninsula.
On Tuesday, 11 security personnel were killed and four others injured when an IED, planted by unknown assailants on the Sheikh Zuweid - Rafah international highway, exploded as a police vehicle passed by.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/109865.aspx
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