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Egypt Armed Forces kills 118 takfiris in anti-terrorism operations in north, central Sinai; 10 army personnel killed, injured: Statement

2019-09-28

[AlAhram] Egypt’s Armed Forces said that it destroyed dozens of terrorist hideouts and killed 118 takfiri

...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
elements in north and central Sinai during its operations to eliminate terrorism in all strategic directions in the country in the past period.

The Armed Forces added that 10 army personnel, including an officer and nine soldiers, were killed and injured during these operations.

In an official statement issued by the General Command of the Armed Forces on Friday, the armed forces said the takfiri elements were found in possession of a number of rifles and bombs to be detonated in north and central Sinai.

The statement explained that Air Forces were able to target and destroy 33 hideouts used by the terrorist elements, and 115 4x4 vehicles.

The armed forces also seized and destroyed 37 vehicles and 42 cycle of violences used by the terrorist elements during combing and raid operations.

The armed forces said it also detonated 273 bombs, which were planted to target forces in the vicinity of operations, and destroyed 11 tunnel openings in cooperation with border guards.

The operations also seized 2441 kgs of cannabis and other different types of narcotics during its security operations.

The statement added that Egypt's Naval Forces continue to secure vital economic interests and enhance naval security in the territorial waters in the Mediterranean and Red seas.

Ilegal migration attempts by 11,071 people from different nationalities were foiled by the armed forces during the past period, the statement added.

"The armed forces and police stress on their continued efforts to eradicate the root of terrorism, and provide safety and security to the nation," the statement concluded.

Militants kill eight in deadly ambush in Egypt's Sinai

[Jpost] Seven soldiers and one civilian were killed in an ambush in Egypt's North Sinai region on Friday, security sources said, in an attack claimed by Islamic State

...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
Two soldiers were also maimed in the attack in Bir al-Abed, the two security sources said.

Islamic State said 15 soldiers had been killed in the attack, in a statement carried by its Amaq agency. The claim could not be verified.

Egypt has long been fighting Islamist Death Eaters, who have waged an insurgency that has killed hundreds of soldiers, police and residents, in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula.

Also on Friday, Egypt's Defence Ministry said security forces had killed 118 forces of Evil in north and central Sinai in the "past period," without giving dates.

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