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At Least Six Killed in Attack on Police Checkpoint in Egypt - Reports

© AP Photo / Ahmed Abdel FattahMasked Egyptian security forces deploy in the Cairo suburb of Matareya
Masked Egyptian security forces deploy in the Cairo suburb of Matareya - Sputnik International
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At least six people were killed in an attack by militants on a police checkpoint in the New Valley province in southwestern Egypt on Monday, Egypt's state television reported.

CAIRO (Sputnik) — According to local media, the attack took place on the Kharga-Asyut road, about 70 kilometers (some 44 miles) from the Al Kharga city, and the gunfight between the government security forces and militants is still underway.

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