Seventeen members of a terrorist cell were killed across two hideouts in Egypt in raids carried out by security forces on Thursday in response to the bombing of the National Cancer Institute in Cairo. According to a statement by the Ministry of Interior, eight terrorists were killed during a raid of a hideout in Fayoum, while seven other terrorists were killed during a second raid in East Shorouk, located east of Cairo. Two other terrorist were killed during an attempt to arrest them elsewhere in Cairo. Police forces found explosives, weapons and ammunition at both hideouts. Who was the bomber? The raids were carried out after security forces succeeded in identifying the individual who carried out the bombing of the National Cancer Institute, which killed 22 people and injured dozens while also causing substantial damage to the National Cancer Institute’s building. The bomber was identified as Hasm terrorist cell member Abdel-Rahman Khaled Mahmoud by police in a statement on Thursday. “After investigations, including the analysing of information by the national security apparatus…[the] identity was determined to be Abdel-Rahman Khaled Mahmoud, a member of Hasm, which is affiliated to the Muslim…
17 Terrorists Killed by Egypt Police in Cancer Institute Bombing Raids
August 9, 2019
