Egypt: 13 Terrorists "Eliminated" in North Sinai

The Egyptian armed forces announced on Thursday that they have succeeded in eliminating 13 terrorists in central and northern Sinai.

The armed forces spokesperson pointed out in a statement that the confrontations with the militants resulted in the killing and wounding of 9 soldiers of the armed forces.

He added, "To complement the efforts of the armed forces to eliminate terrorist elements in central and northern Sinai, the anti-terrorist forces managed to seize 15 automatic rifles, quantities of ammunition of various calibres, and 20 automatic rifles."

He indicated that it also seized a number of motorcycles used by armed elements in carrying out their terrorist attacks, as well as a number of mobile phones, field binoculars and sums of money in various currencies.