Spokesman of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Tamer Al-Refaee said in a statement that based of investigation and available data, Law Enforcement Forces of the Third Army Field managed to kill 3 extremists before conducting acts of terrorism against Egyptian forces. They arrested another one with amounts of money that was on its way to extremist groups.

The statement confirmed the Third Army Field intention to continue its search raids and attacks against criminal organizations in the middle of Sinai, until it eliminates all of them.