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- Egypt’s Interior Ministry said Hasm plotted to push one of its fugitive members to infiltrate the country to target security and economic facilities
CAIRO: The Egyptian interior ministry on Sunday said it has uncovered a plot by the armed wing of the Muslim Brotherhood group aiming to target security and economic facilities.
According to a press statement by Egypt’s Interior Ministry, elements who plotted the attacks were linked to the so-called Hasm Movement, which was affiliated with the banned Muslim Brotherhood.
The ministry said it has information that the militant group was planning to revive their activities in Egypt and commit hostile operations. Hasm plotted to push one of its fugitive members to infiltrate the country via a border state in order to commit “hostile operations targeting security and economic facilities in Egypt,” it added.
The statement said Egypt’s National Security sector was able to identify the Hasm leaders behind the plan. It also reported that some members of Hasm were targeted in a security operation in Cairo’s Boulaq neighborhood.
It said when security forces raided their militant hideout, the suspects began firing randomly at the forces and the area surrounding the building, prompting the forces to deal with them.
The exchange of fire killed two militants and a citizen, who happened to be passing by and had succumbed to his injuries as a result of the random militant gunfire.
A police officer was also injured while trying to rescue the citizen.
The ministry revealed that this coincided with the movement’s latest video on social media, showing its members training in a desert area of a neighboring country, while threatening to carry out terrorist attacks in Egypt.
The group is labelled as a terrorist entity in both the United Kingdom and the United States.