Egypt security forces kill three gunmen in raid on armed group
CAIRO -- Egyptian security forces killed three gunmen on Tuesday, the interior ministry said, in a raid on a hideout used by what it described as an armed wing of the Muslim Brotherhood.
It said in a statement on Facebook that automatic weapons were found in the house in the southern province of Assiut, which was used by a recently emerged armed group called Hasm.
The Interior Ministry statement said security forces came under fire from the hideout as they prepared to raid it and the men were killed in the exchange of fire. It was not immediately possible to contact Hasm or find witnesses.
The Interior Ministry said two of the men killed were wanted in connection with deadly attacks on police officers and a third was a bomb maker for the group.
