CAIRO
Egypt's army said on Sunday that its troops had killed 14 "terrorists" and arrested 45 other militants over the past three days in raids in the northern quarter of the restive Sinai Peninsula.
"Fourteen terrorist elements were killed in shootouts with army and police troops in northern Sinai between December 18 and 20," army spokesman Mohamed Samir said in a Facebook statement.
He added that army troops had also arrested 45 militants who participated in "terrorist plots" against security forces and destroyed five militant hotbeds.
Samir said that army troops had also destroyed 15 vehicles and eight motorbikes used by militants in waging attacks on army troops and policemen in northern Sinai.
Egypt has been cracking down on militancy in Sinai, which shares borders with Israel and the Gaza Strip, for more than a year now amid a rise in militant attacks against army personnel, policemen and security sites.
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