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Egyptian police kill 16 gunmen

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CAIRO: Egypt’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday police officers had shot dead 16 gunmen in two shootouts, adding that most of those killed were fugitive militants linked to recent attacks on security forces in Northern Sinai.


Egypt faces a insurgency led by the IS group in the restive Sinai Peninsula, where hundreds of soldiers and police have been killed since 2013.


At least 23 soldiers were killed on Friday when suicide car bombs tore through two military checkpoints in the region in an attack claimed by IS. It was one of the bloodiest assaults on security forces in years.


The Interior Ministry said in a statement that gunmen had opened fire on police as they approached a desert training camp for militants in Ismailia. The officers returned fire, killing 14 militants, five of whom have been identified so far. — Reuters


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