CAIRO — Egyptian security forces pressing a campaign against jihadists have killed 52 suspected Islamist fighters in the Sinai Peninsula in operations in which three soldiers also died, the army says Monday.
The military launched a sweeping operation in February focused on the Sinai in eastern Egypt aimed at wiping out jihadists, including from the Islamic State terror group, who have been waging a bloody insurgency.
On Monday, the military says that 52 “takfiris” or Sunni Muslim extremists were killed in two separate operations by security forces in the restive peninsula.
Three members of the armed forces were also killed in these operations, it says in a statement, without stating when they took place.
The military has regularly reported operations in the Sinai since it launched the campaign.
According to official figures, a total of more than 350 suspected jihadists and at least 30 soldiers have been killed in the “Sinai 2018” campaign.
— AFP
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