Egyptian has media revealed the details of a very dangerous terrorist cell called “Arab Sharkas”, which had planned to assassinate Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in 2014. According to Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper, the Arab Sharkas area is located in the Qalyubia Governorate. The operation resulted in the killing of Major General Maged Saleh and Brigadier General Maged Shaker of the Egyptian Armed Forces Corps of Engineers. Furthermore, security forces, in cooperation with the army, attacked an abandoned warehouse in the group’s area area and clashed with an armed group inside it, arresting eight armed persons and killing six. They were also accused of targeting six soldiers in a military police checkpoint in Mostorod area in March 2014.

Source: Egypt Independent April 30, 2021 10:41 UTC