The Egyptian army and police attacked the village of Kirdasa near Cairo today, Egyptian media reported.
"The operation aims to clear the place of members of terrorist groups," a security official told Agence France-Presse. He added that military troops are deployed around the place and that helicopters are currently flying over it.
The Egyptian agency Mena reported that one member of the police was killed in the operation.
Egyptian television reported that police had now taken control of Kirdas and a curfew had been imposed.
At the same time, Egyptian authorities suspended several lines in the Cairo metro after two bombs were found at a station in the southern part of the capital.
Bomb disposal experts arrived at the scene.
Kirdasa, known for the production and sale of modern goods, is located 14 kilometers from Cairo and is a known Islamist stronghold.
The population that lives there does not want the presence of the Egyptian police because they do not trust them and because, as one of the residents said, the police arrest "reputable residents" of that area who are not guilty of any attacks.
Ten policemen were killed in clashes in Kirdasa on August 14, when a group of people attacked the police station. The state media, which then published videos and photos of the dead bodies of policemen, regularly accuse members of the Muslim Brotherhood, headed by the former president of Egypt, Muhammad Morsi, of "terrorism". Morsi was ousted from power by a military coup on July 3, after which around a thousand people died in clashes between his supporters and the police.
Egypt's interim government has pledged to enact a new constitution and hold presidential and parliamentary elections early next year.
Most Muslim Brotherhood officials have been arrested and are on trial for inciting the killing of demonstrators who protested during the rule of Mohammed Morsi.
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