Egyptian police on Monday (August 27th) killed five suspected extremists in a raid on their hideout in a mountain creek in southern Egypt, AFP reported.
An interior ministry statement said security personnel clashed with the alleged militants during an operation to comb a remote area some 400 kilometres south of Cairo.
Five "terrorist elements" were killed after they opened fire on security forces, the ministry said.
There was no mention of any losses among the security personnel.
