According to the ministry, security forces were pursuing the man in the search for the perpetrator of an attempted attack against a police patrol in western Cairo on Friday. At least three civilians were also wounded, including a Thai student who suffered light injuries, security sources said. Friday's attempted attack left two policemen and three civilians with minor injuries when a home-made bomb exploded during an effort to defuse it, security sources said at the time. Egyptian security forces have been waging a campaign against Islamist militants over the past year focussed on Egypt's Sinai peninsula. On Saturday the Egyptian military said 15 of its personnel had been killed in a clash in North Sinai in which seven militants were also killed.

Source: bd News24 February 18, 2019 23:15 UTC