Unidentified gunman shot dead two security guards, in addition to a farmer, who were sitting together in an agricultural area in Qalubiya, north of Cairo, an Egyptian security source said.
According to the source in Qalubiya security directorate, who asked to be unnamed, a number of gunmen opened fire on two security guards and an Egyptian farmer in El Hasafah village, Tukh City, killing the three inpiduals, while the perpetrator ran away.
The source added that the police forces rushed to the scene, imposed a security cordon in the area and combed the area to look for the perpetrators.
Noteworthy, Egyptian Interior Ministry along the armed forces are exerting huge 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.
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