(Cairo) A convoy of Egyptian security forces acting on a tip off
regards a Hasm terrorist hideout deep in the desert was ambushed as it approached
the supposed hideout situated inside the Bahariya Oasis
The four SUVs and one interior ministry vehicle were hit from higher ground by terrorists firing rocket-propelled grenades and detonating explosive devices. In return 14 terrorists were killed.
"Hasm" in Arabic means “decisiveness” but the name
of the group may be also an acronym of Arabic phrase "Harakat Sawa'd
Misr," which literally means "Arms of Egypt Movement". On
February 11, 2017 the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters designated the militant
Hasm group, which claimed responsibility for a number of deadly attacks on
security forces as well as assassination attempts on public figures over the
past year, as a terrorist group.
