The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)

Eight officers killed in Egypt terror attack

- YOUSSRA EL-SHARKAWY

At least eight policemen have been killed and three others injured in a brazen attack by terrorists on a security check point in southwest Egypt, the latest in a series of assaults targeting security personnel.

The attack on the security checkpoint at Al-naqb in Egypt’s El-wadi el-gedeed governorat­e, 70 km from Kharga city, took place Monday night in which two of the attackers were killed during the gun-battle that ensued, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

The security forces launched a hunt for the remaining attackers who managed to escape after the assault, it said. PTI

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