Egypt says IS militants killed in Sinai following attack
Egypt said Sunday that it killed the IS militants in a gunfight in Sinai following an IS-claimed attack there last week.
Egyptian security forces said Sunday that they had killed Islamic State (IS) militants in a battle in the Sinai Peninsula.
Egyptian police raided an IS hideout in a small village and exchanged fire with them, killing 18, according to The Associated Press. Egypt’s Interior Ministry did not say when the firefight took place and The Associated Press could not confirm the information due to press restrictions in the Sinai Peninsula.
In a statement posted to its Facebook page Sunday, the Egyptian army said the military and police destroyed dozens of hideouts, cars and explosive devices belonging to “terrorists” in ground and air raids in Sinai. The statement did not say when the operation took place.
“This confirms the armed forces and police’s continuation in their struggle to find terrorists,” the statement read.
