Egyptian security officials say at least 55 policemen, including 20 officers and 34 conscripts, have been killed in a shootout during a raid on a militant hideout near Cairo.
No word on the armed opposition's casualties or what they used to kill so many officers. Was the casualty toll weighted to KIAs or are there also a couple hundred wounded.
If so, just how many police were in this operation? Was it huge? Was there a kill sack that basically got all the officers (or most) involved?
That's a bad day in Egypt. And the casualty count could go up.
Also, we need a better word than "militant" to describe these armed killers.
UPDATE: Egypt denies the casualty figure and complains about the "militant" term.
UPDATE: Huh:
Egypt quickly called on the LNA to assist in finding those responsible for an ambush today in Giza province that left over fifty policemen dead. The ISIL men responsible fled west towards the Libyan border.
I did not know this was an ISIL operation.
