Egyptian police kill 14 terrorists in Sinai

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Egyptian police killed 14 terrorists during a shootout in Arish city in North Sinai province, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

The police killed eight of them during the exchange of gunfire lasting for an unspecified number of hours, according to the statement. A further six ran away, but officers pursued and killed them.

The statement said the militants were killed during a raid on a terrorist hotbed planning attacks in Arish.

"Many weapons, ammunition and explosive devices were found in their possession," it said.

Egyptian policemen guard a street in the North Sinai provincial capital of Arish, Egypt, July 27, 2018. /VCG Photo

Egypt has been experiencing terrorist activities that have killed hundreds of policemen, soldiers and civilians following the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 and a later security crackdown on his supporters.

Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group is currently blacklisted in Egypt as a terrorist organization.

Most of the terror attacks in Egypt in the past few years have been claimed by a Sinai-based group loyal to ISIL.

(Top image: Egyptian policemen guard a street in the North Sinai provincial capital of Arish, Egypt, July 27, 2018. /VCG Photo)

(With input from Xinhua News Agency)