Egyptian security forces kill one of ISIS terrorists who attacked monastery

DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. April 20, 2017, 2:18 PM (IDT)

Egypt’s Interior Ministry said Thursday that one of the ISIS terrorists who took part in this week’s attack on Saint Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula was killed in a raid by the security forces. Automatic weapons and ammunition were said to have been found near the terrorist’s body. An Egyptian soldier was killed and four others were wounded in Tuesday night’s attack on a checkpoint at the entrance to the Greek Orthodox shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.     

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