Cairo Sep 10 (IANS) Egyptian police on Sunday killed nine suspected militants in a shootout near Cairo the state-run Middle East News Agency reported.
Five police officers were injured in the shootout that took place in the neighbourhood of Agouza Giza governorate during a raid on two suspected terrorist hideouts MENA added.
On August 15 two alleged militants were killed in a shootout with Egyptian security forces in the village of al-Khosous in al-Qaliubiya governorate.
Egypt has seen a series of terror attacks mainly targeting security forces since the ousting of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
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