2 Terrorists Killed in Police Shootout in North Sinai

On Tuesday, the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior announced that two terrorists were killed in a shootout in North Sinai.

In a statement, the ministry said that it had received information about a group of terrorists hiding in a mountainous area in North Sinai and are planning to carry out hostile attacks, targeting the armed forces and police in the area.

The police located the two terrorists in a white pick-up truck while they were observing a security checkpoint in preparation for launching an attack. After realizing they had been surrounded by security forces, the terrorists opened fire on police.

The statement added that two automatic weapons, two explosives belts, a pistol, ammunition and a walkie-talkie were found in the terrorists’ possession.

It is worth mentioning that, the operation comes as part of the Interior Ministry’s efforts to combat terrorist groups and hunt down the runaway terrorists who plan to destabilize the state’s security and stability.

Egypt’s security forces have been waging a war over the past four years against an Islamist terrorist insurgency, mostly in North Sinai, that has seen hundreds of security personnel killed, as well as hundreds of terrorists killed in security campaigns.

A Sinai-based terrorist group loyal to the Islamic State regional group claimed responsibility for most of the terror attacks in Egypt over the last few years.

Moreover, the Egyptian forces have succeeded in killing hundreds of terrorists and arresting thousands of suspects during the country’s anti-terror war declared by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the army chief then, following ousted president Mohamed Morsi.