The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that 11 of the suspected militants were killed in a shootout on a farm in Ismailia province (Google Maps) The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that 11 of the suspected militants were killed in a shootout on a farm in Ismailia province (Google Maps)Egyptian authorities say security forces have killed at least 14 Islamic militants in Sinai and an adjacent Suez Canal province following the massacre at a village mosque in the northern part of the peninsula last week that killed 305 people. The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that 11 of the suspected militants were killed in a shootout on a farm in Ismailia province. Military spokesman Col. Tamer el-Rifai says three suspected militants were killed in central Sinai. Friday’s attack on a mosque in northern Sinai was the deadliest assault by Islamic extremists in Egypt’s modern history. The Islamic State group hasn’t yet claimed responsibility for the mosque attack.

Source: Indian Express November 28, 2017 16:18 UTC