Sisi urges for hunting terrorists behind Wahat attack

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday urged security bodies to exert utmost efforts to hunt for the perpetrators of the Friday terrorist attack that left 16 policemen dead in the desert of Giza province.


Sisi's remarks came during a meeting with Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi, Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, and head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service Khaled Fawzi, Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef said in a statement.

Sisi called for intensifying security and military efforts to prevent any infiltration attempts by terrorists via the country's borders.

President Sisi asserted that Egypt will effectively and decisively continue to fight terrorism and combat those who fund terrorists, the statement added.

The Egyptian president also affirmed that the sacrifices of those policemen, who were killed in the attack, will not go in vain.

On Saturday, Egyptian Interior Ministry announced that 16 policemen were killed and another was missing in the Friday shootout with terrorists in Wahat area in the desert of Giza province near the capital Cairo.

The ministry said in a statement that 15 terrorists were either killed or injured in the armed clash, adding that 13 policemen and officers were also injured.
 [china.org.cn/Xinhua]
 23/10/17