Egyptian security forces on Sunday said they killed at least 25 militants in the Sinai Peninsula, one day after gunmen killed a conservative parliamentary candidate living in the region.
Egypt’s state-run MENA news agency said the casualties were a result of the past two days of the so-called Martyr’s Right, a joint police and military operation launched in the peninsula in September.
Xinhua news agency reported police and soldiers dismantled 39 explosive devices, apprehended 15 suspected militants, and destroyed multiple explosives caches and at least seven tons of cannabis.