Egypt destroys vehicles carrying arms from Libya: Army

TIL Desk/World/Cairo/ The Egyptian air force has destroyed 15 vehicles carrying weapons and ammunition after they illegally crossed into the country from Libya, a military official said today.

In a separate announcement, Egypt said its security forces had killed eight militants who were being trained to attack government and Christian targets, in a shootout in the country’s southern desert.

Army spokesman Colonel Tamer al-Rifai said the armed forces had received “intelligence on a large number of vehicles gathered on the Western border readying to infiltrate” Egypt.  “Our planes took off to survey the area and went into action as soon as the vehicles breached the border,” he said in a statement on Facebook.

“The operation lasted 48 hours with surveillance and air strikes. Five four-wheel-drive vehicles carrying weapons, ammunition and smuggled goods were destroyed,” he said, without mentioning any casualties.