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Egypt Says It Killed 9 Suspected Militants in Cairo Raid

by Associated Press

   CAIRO --

   Egypt's official news agency says police killed nine suspected
   militants when they raided two apartments in a densely populated Cairo
   neighborhood.

   The Middle East News Agency says five policemen were wounded in
   Sunday's early morning exchange of fire in the Ard el-Liwa district. It
   says police found rifles, ammunition, bomb-making materials and
   explosive devices at the apartments.
   The report, which cited an unnamed Interior Ministry official, did not
   say to which group the suspects were linked. Previous raids in Cairo
   have mainly targeted members of a splinter faction of the outlawed
   Muslim Brotherhood.
   Egypt is fighting an insurgency led by a local affiliate of the Islamic
   State group based in the Sinai Peninsula as well as Brotherhood
   factions targeting members of the security forces in Cairo.