The Egyptian Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that security forces had killed two terrorists involved in an attack on visitors of the Saint Samuel Monastery in Minya, Upper Egypt last month, which killed seven people and injured 19 others. The statement added that the forces seized one of the cars used in the terrorist attack and a mobile phone that was previously seized by the terrorist from one of the victims of the attack after their killing. Legal proceedings have been taken and the Supreme State Security Prosecution is investigating. The Interior Ministry announced last month that 19 terrorists were killed the day after the Minya attack in clashes with security forces in one of the mountainous areas of the Western Desert of Minya. Preliminary investigation found that four masked gunmen emerged from a four-wheeled vehicle, attacking visitors in the Western Desert near Edwa City in Minya, and then fleeing the scene.

Source: Egypt Independent December 08, 2018 15:11 UTC