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October 23, 2017       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/dozens-of-egyptian-police-killed-in-raid-on-suspected-militant-base/2017/10/21/688e24f8-8359-4492-94cc-ff7b5f55964d_story.html

55 Egyptian Policemen Killed in Raid on Militant Base in Western Desert

(Washington Post) Sudarsan Raghavan and Heba Farouk Mahfouz - At least 55 Egyptian policemen were killed on Friday during a raid on a militant hideout near the Bahariya Oasis in the country's western desert. As the police approached the Islamist militants' hideout, they were ambushed by gunmen using rocket-propelled grenades and bombs. Egypt's security forces say the militants belonged to Hasm, the armed wing of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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