An Egyptian police officer was shot dead on Thursday, state media reported, in clashes on the outskirts of Cairo as security forces tried to reassert control over an area where 11 policemen were killed in a militant attack last month.
Police and soldiers entered the town of Kerdasa at daybreak in the second operation this week to try to restore control over Islamist-dominated areas where hostility to the authorities has grown since the army deposed President Mohamed Mursi on July 3.
Security sources said the forces had seized dozens of weapons, including rocket propelled grenades. The police officer, a general, was killed in an exchange of gunfire on the outskirts of the town. Fifteen people had been arrested.
State television reported that security forces used tear gas and the state news agency said army helicopters hovered overhead. Police were hunting 140 wanted people, the Interior Ministry spokesman told state media.
"The security forces will not retreat until (Kerdasa) is cleansed of all terrorist and criminal nests," said the spokesman, Hany Abdel Latif.
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