Police crack down on terrorist group

Egypt's state security authority stated that they killing two leading terrorists and arresting 11 fugitive terrorists in separate crackdowns on hideouts in Alexandria, Minya, and Gharbia governorates over the last week, security sources said yesterday.

They said a policeman was also killed when gunmen hiding in fields opened fire on the police forces trying to arrest them in the village of Al-Maghala in Minya governorate, 50 miles south of Cairo.

Police returned fire, killing suspected militant Hamed Galal Abolela, the sources said, adding that another terrorist was injured but managed to escape.

In another raid, police killed suspected militant Munir Mostafa Abdel Hafez in Tanta in Gharbeia province some 63 miles north of Cairo, the sources added.

Police also arrested two of his followers, the sources said. In a third police raid, Hussein Abdullah Abdel Maleh, was arrested in the northern city of Amreya.

Security officials said all those killed and arrested were members of Egypt's largest terrorist group of Gamaa Al-Islamya (Islamic group).

Egypt's security forces started an ambitions plant to uproot terrorism following a terrorist attack in Luxor's Hatshepsut temple that killed 62 people, including 58 foreigners last month, Al-Akhbar daily said.