Police Raid Militant Hideouts In Cairo, Kill 10

September 11 2017

Egypt

Egyptian security personnel say police have killed 10 militants in a three-hour shootout in Cairo, reports Ahram Online (Egypt).

Police raided two apartments in the capital's central Agouza district on Sunday after receiving a tip that Sinai-based militants were in hideouts there, said the Interior Ministry.

Police said the militants -- reportedly from Hasm, a breakaway faction of the Muslim Brotherhood -- were planning attacks in central Egypt.

Nine police officers were...

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