Egyptian security forces shot dead 24 militants belonging to the country's Islamic State affiliate in central Sinai, 70 kilometres from the crash site of a Russian passenger plane the group claimed it brought down, security sources said on Monday.
Security forces kills 24 militants in central Sinai near Russian plane crash site
Security sources said they killed the militants as they hid in a mountainous cave and that they arrested eight of them.
Egypt kills 24 militants in central Sinai near Russian plane crash site: security sources
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Sinai Province, Islamic State's Egypt branch, is active in North Sinai where two years ago it launched an insurgency and has since killed hundreds of soldiers and policemen. It is rarely active outside that area.
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