World IN BRIEF : EGYPT : Muslim Extremist Killed in Shootout
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Police raided a suspected Muslim extremist’s hide-out in the troubled city of Asyut and killed him in an exchange of gunfire, a spokesman said. He also said 42 suspected extremists were rounded up in the city, 200 miles south of Cairo, and eight others were detained in the neighboring provinces of Sohag, El Minya and Qena. The raids were part of a nationwide security sweep that began last November and was intensified after bombings and other incidents blamed on religious extremists occurred this month.
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