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 The official said army units killed Mohammed Hussein Muhareb and
his son Mansour Tuesday in a firefight with a group of militants in
al-Joura village, south of the town of Sheikh Zuweid.
The official said Muhareb was the leader of a militant cell
responsible for an August attack that killed 25 Egyptian police
conscripts.
Other militants fled the area leaving the bodies of Muhareb and his
son, the spokesman said on condition of anonymity, according to
regulations.
The northern Sinai region, which borders the Gaza Strip and Israel,
has been restless for years. But attacks have grown more frequent
since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. [Associated
Press; ASHRAF SWEILAM]
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