Egyptian police 'kill senior Islamic State commander'

Egyptian police have killed a top commander of a local so-called 'Islamic State' affiliate in a Cairo raid, according to the country’s interior ministry.

Egyptian police 'kill senior Islamic State commander'

Egyptian police have killed a top commander of a local so-called 'Islamic State' affiliate in a Cairo raid, according to the country’s interior ministry.

Ashraf Ali Hassanein Gharabli died in a shooting that erupted when police tried to arrest him on Sunday in the capital’s El-Marg district, the ministry said in a statement.

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