Egypt's Interior Ministry said on Wednesday's that police have killed nine suspected members of a militant group with links to the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in two separate Cairo shootouts.
The militants were members of the Revolution Brigade, a breakaway faction of the Muslim Brotherhood group that has targeted security forces in militant attacks, the statement said.
Gunfire exchange took place at their hideouts in the northeastern district of Obour, and the southern May 15th City, as police were trying to arrest them, according to the Associated Press.
Rifles and ammunition were found at the scene.
Egypt is fighting an insurgency led by a local affiliate of ISIS in the Sinai Peninsula as well as smaller militant groups allegedly belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood.
