Security forces kill at least 17 suspected militants in raids in Cairo and in another province - Egypt's interior ministry
People extinguish a fire from a blast outside the National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt August 4, 2019.
The Interior Ministry, which oversees the police, said in a statement that eight of the militants were killed when security forces stormed their hideout in the town of Atsa in Fayoum province, about 80 kilometers southwest of Cairo.The remaining two, including a brother of the suspected militant who was driving the car, were also killed in Cairo, the ministry said. It said police arrested another suspect.
The statement did not say when the raids took place, or whether police forces were wounded in the clashes with the militants. It said they were members of the "Hasm's terrorist cluster cell." For years, Egypt has battled militants, led by a Daesh affiliate, in the Sinai Peninsula. That insurgency has at times spilled over into other parts of the country.Human rights organizations have accused Egypt of carrying out extrajudicial executions and of trying civilians in military courts as part of the crackdown.
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