After Bus Bombing, Egypt Says 12 militants killed in Cairo
Egypt says security forces killed 12 members of a
militant group with suspected links to the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in
shootouts in Cairo, just hours after a roadside bomb struck a tourist bus near
the Giza Pyramids, wounding at least 17.
The Interior Ministry says seven of the militants
were killed in a firefight when police raided their hideout in the Sixth of
October suburb. The remaining five were shot and killed after opening fire on
police storming their residences in Cairo’s Shorouk suburb.
The ministry says explosive devices, weapons and
ammunition were found in the militants’ possession. It says the militants
belonged to “Hasm,” an armed faction of the Brotherhood.
Sunday’s roadside bomb wounded at least 17 people
including South African tourists.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
