Egypt Kills 10 Islamic State Linked TerroristSeptember 10, 2017 - Egyptian security forces killed 10 suspected Islamic state linked militants on Sunday in a shootout during a raid on two apartments in central Cairo, Egypt’s government announced. Three Egyptian policemen were injured after one suspected militant detonated an explosive device to block their entry into the building and two other policemen were injured during the exchange of fire that followed. Egypt accuses Hasm of being a militant wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group it outlawed in 2013. The Muslim Brotherhood denies this. The militant group staging the insurgency pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 2014.
Source: Ethiopian News September 10, 2017 16:52 UTC