All police operations involving storming the residences of militants conducted by the Interior Ministry are based on accurate information that indicates the involvement of targeted persons, security sources who preferred to remain anonymous told Daily News Egypt on Monday. The families held a meeting on Saturday evening in the wake of a raid executed by the Interior Ministry against a residence which according to the ministry was a shelter for the perpetrators of the recent attacks. The ministry’s official statement asserted that the storming operation had been conducted following receiving accurate information that those killed were the perpetrators of recent attacks and several other terrorist attacks. However, families in Al-Arish denied that those killed were militants and noted that they were detained by police forces. “Results of the meetings of the families assured the necessity of the immediate release of all detained people from the governorate.

Source: Daily News Egypt January 16, 2017 16:37 UTC