Egypt forces raid Islamist bastion near Cairo
A police general was killed when Egyptian security forces stormed a village on the outskirts of Cairo on Thursday in the latest crackdown on Islamist militants, security officials said.
(AFP) A police general was killed when Egyptian security forces stormed a village on the outskirts of Cairo on Thursday in the latest crackdown on Islamist militants, security officials said.
Military and police vehicles surrounded Kerdassah in the shadow of the Giza pyramids after dawn, as police special forces deployed to confront "terrorists" in the village, the interior ministry said.
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