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Shootout at Bahariya Oasis killed 16 Egyptian policemen

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CAIRO: Sixteen Egyptian policemen and fifteen militants were killed in a shootout at the road between Bahariya Oasis and Cairo in the country’s the Western Desert.

No group has claimed liability for the killings. But according to the local media reports, the militants are supporters of the Hasm Movement, which Egyptian security forces claim is related to the Muslim Brotherhood, banned group that once led the country.

Egypt has been suffering from militants uprising led by an affiliate of the Islamic State that is centered mainly in the northern region of the Sinai Peninsula.

However, country’s efforts have been questioned by a recent rise in the number of attacks on the country.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.