Police in Cairo have killed a leader of a regional Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISISL) cell based in the Sinai Peninsula, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a statement. The group previously claimed to have downed a Russian passenger plane. The leader, Ashraf Ali al-Gharably, was killed in a firefight with police forces in the northeastern el-Marg neighborhood of Cairo. Police spotted him as he was moving in a vehicle and gunned him down after he resisted arrest.
The prominent terrorist figure belonged to the Ansar Bait al-Maqdis group, which re-branded itself as the Sinai Province of the Islamic State after pledging allegiance to the Syria and Iraq-based terrorist organization.
The jihadist was considered by the Egyptian authorities as one of the most dangerous criminals in the country. He is believed to have organized and personally led several high-profile attacks, including the assassination of Mohamed Al-Saied, a former interior minister, in 2013, and the bombing of the Italian consulate in the capital this summer.
INC News, 09/11/2015 - via RT
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