CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces shot dead a leading Islamist militant suspected of masterminding and carrying out assassinations and bombings as well as attacks on foreigners, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
It said Ahraf Ali al-Gharabali, described as a leader of Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate Sinai Province, was killed in a shootout with security forces in the northern Cairo district of al-Marj. The ministry did not say when Gharabali was killed.
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