At least 35 Egyptian police officers killed in shootout in Giza
The militants tried to flee after the exchange of fire and continued to fire at a second security unit called from atop buildings. (File Photo: Reuters)
Security sources say at least 35 police officers killed in shoot-out with suspected militants in Giza, southwest Cairo according to AFP.
The sources said authorities were following a lead to an apartment thought to house eight suspected members of Hasm, a group which has claimed several attacks around the capital targeting judges and policemen since last year.
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Egypt accuses Hasm of being a militant wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group it outlawed in 2013. The Muslim Brotherhood denies this.
It is blamed for the killing of hundreds of soldiers and policemen and has started to target other areas, including Egypt’s Christian Copts.
The militant group staging the insurgency pledged allegiance to ISIS in 2014.
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