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Egypt troops raid Islamists

September 19, 2013

Egyptian troops and police have raided the village of Kerdassah, near Cairo, looking for militants who killed more than a dozen police officers. The raid came amid a scare over fake bombs in the Cairo metro.

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Egyptian army soldiers stand guard in front of El-Thadiya presidential palace during a protest by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in Cairo, August 30, 2013. Thousands of supporters of Mursi marched through Cairo and cities across Egypt on Friday to demand his reinstatement, in the movement's biggest show of defiance since hundreds of protesters were killed two weeks ago. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)
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Egypt army clashes with militants

Egyptian explosives experts found two fake bombs at the Helmeyet el-Zaytoun station in northeastern Cairo on Wednesday. State media said segments of the capital's rail network were shut down.

The scare coincided with a house-to-house search of the village of Kerdassah, south of Cairo, near Giza.

State television said security forces were seeking Islamist militants wanted for the killing of 13 policemen in the area on August 14.

That was when fighting erupted in Kerdassah between armed groups and security forces, just hours after Egypt's army-led administration cracked down on two camps of supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi inside Cairo.

A similar crackdown was staged in the town of Delga in central Egypt on Monday.

Egypt has seen deadly violence since July when the army deposed Morsi, the country's first democratically elected president, after massive protests against his rule.

ipj/slk (dpa, AFP, Reuter)