Army kills 3 takfiris in sweeping operation in central Sinai

CAIRO – 16 July 2017: Army forces affiliated to the third field army on Sunday succeeded to kill three dangerous takfiris and arrested one other during a shootout in a sweeping operation inside central Sinai, official army spokesperson Tamer El-Refai said in a statement.

He added that the army cooperated with Air forces managed to destroy a vehicle loaded with weapons, bombs and five weapons’ stores affiliated to the takfiris.

Since 2013, state security forces, represented by both the army and the police, have been engaged in violent clashes with an Islamist insurgency in parts of the North Sinai governorate.

The Islamist insurgency has killed hundreds of Egyptian security forces, predominately in North Sinai. The army also announced it has killed hundreds of militants.