Daily Mail/Reuters/AFP: More than 50 Egyptian police and conscripts are killed in deadly rocket and bomb ambush by Islamic militants near desert oasis
* Islamic terrorists ambushed security forces with rockets, bombs and guns
* The security forces were on the way to raid a suspected jihadi desert hide out
* Officials claimed the attack took place some 185 miles south west of Cairo
* The oasis is located in the Western Desert which is not known for jihadi violence
At least 52 Egyptian police and military have been killed with six wounded following an ambush by Islamic militants in the country's Western Desert.
The security forces were planning to raid a suspected jihadi hideout when the terrorists launched their attack using rockets, bombs and machine guns.
A number of the jihadis were also killed although officials have not released the number.
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WNU Editor: The survivors were executed. This was a massacre.
More News On Militants Slaughtering Egyptian Security Forces 185 Miles South West Of Cairo
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Egypt police suffer scores of casualties in ambush -- Al Jazeera
Death toll from Egypt gun battle rises to 52 killed: sources -- Reuters
Militants kill Egyptian security forces in desert shoot-out -- BBC
Egypt: Hasm militants kill dozens of police after botched raid -- DW
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