After the terrorist attack with 20 dead in Cairo, Egyptian security forces claimed to have killed „17 terrorists“. They were killed in clashes in Cairo and in the province of al-Fajum, Egypt’s Ministry of the Interior announced yesterday evening according to state TV.
Members of the terrorist group Hasm
The men had belonged to the terrorist group Hasm, which blames the government for the act of terrorism during the night on Monday.
A ghost driver had caused a car accident and serious explosions in Cairo. In his vehicle he transported according to government explosives. Egypt’s president spoke of a „cowardly act of terrorism.“ The government sees the Hasm group as an armed offshoot of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, which is banned in Egypt and classified as a terrorist organization.
According to the Interior Ministry, the investigators were now able to identify the ghost driver by means of a DNA analysis. It concerns a man, who belonged to the Hasm group and in connection with a terror procedure had been searched.
