Egypt conducts raid, kills two Muslim Brotherhood-linked terrorists in Giza
The terrorists belonged to the hasm movement linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, who are recognized as a terrorist group by the United States and the United Kingdom.
Officers of the Egyptian Interior Ministry led a raid against the terrorists aligned by the Muslim Brotherhood in Giza, causing a shooting, in which two terrorists were killed, as well as the death of a civilian and injuries to a police officer, the ministry announced on Sunday.
The civilian died of injuries caused by wandering bullets drawn during the shooting, and the policeman was injured while trying to protect them, after terrorists “opened fire without discrimination,” added the ministry.
Terrorists belonged to the HASM movement, according to the Ministry of the Interior.
Hasm is named after an abbreviation by Hakarat Sawa’d Misr (Arms of Egypt Movement).
The logo of the HASM movement showing a rifle imposed on Arab letters Hasm. (Credit: screenshot / telegram)
The group was officially founded in 2016 and was prohibited as a terrorist organization by the United Kingdom in December 2017 and designated as a global terrorist entity specially designated by the United States in January 2018. In particular, their logo is made up of a rifle imposed on Arab letters, spelling, signaling their extremist intentions.
The consequences of a car in a large terrorist attack linked to the HASM movement targeting the prosecutor in Cairo, 2015; illustrative. (Credit: Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
However, the terrorists of the HASM movement were linked to terrorist attacks against Egyptian officials, including a car that killed the prosecutor Hisham Barakat in June 2015.
The terrorist group has been the most active in making terrorist attacks against Egyptian security personnel and civilians from 2016 to 2019, but has been largely inactive in the country since.
Does Turkey play a role in the support of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorists?
The Ministry of the Interior of Egypt allegedly alleged that “the leaders of the Hasm movement” based in Turkey were preparing and planned to “restart their activities and carry out hostile operations targeting security and economic establishments”.
