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| By: Associated Press |
| Published: February 5, 2005 |
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Clashes between Egyptian security forces hunting for suspects connected to resort bombings last year and armed men holed up in the mountains of the Sinai Peninsula left two policemen dead, officials said Saturday.
Ten policemen were wounded in the fighting that began on Tuesday when security forces killed one suspect, said a police official speaking on the condition of anonymity.
About 5,000 police have surrounded about 120 armed men in the mountains near the resort town of Ras Sudr, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) southeast of Cairo, said the official. Police believe two fugitives connected to Oct. 7 bombings are with the armed men.
Thirty-four people died in the near simultaneous bombings at three beach resorts in Taba and Ras Shitan, also in the Sinai Peninsula. The bombings came at a time when resorts along Egypt's border with Israel were packed with Israelis taking advantage of a Jewish holiday.
One policeman died of his wounds in a Cairo hospital, said the official.
Another, shot five times in the chest, died at the main hospital in Ras Sudr, according to a hospital official there.
Five Egyptian suspects were arrested in the weeks after the attacks, which Egyptian officials have linked to public anger over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. |
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