Egypt announced Sunday the death of a 14-member terrorist cell in northern Sinai.
An Interior Ministry statement said that the national security agency was investigating the cell that was plotting a series of attacks against vital facilities and armed forces in al-Arish city in Sinai.
The security forces and police managed to raid the cell’s hideout, leading to a shootout with the terrorists, leaving eight of them dead.
The forces later gave chase to six more militants who fled the scene, killing all of them in a shootout.
They seized several weapons and explosives in their possession.
Egypt has for years been battling extremists in northern Sinai.
They grew more deadly and their attacks more frequent after the 2013 ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, of the Muslim Brotherhood.
In February, the army, in cooperation with the police, launched Sinai 2018, a comprehensive operation to eliminate the terrorists in Sinai. The operation has been a success, with high-profile attacks by the extremists coming to a halt.
