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Egyptian security forces killed three suspected militants and arrested 74 others in raids targeting militant groups in North Sinai in recent days, the military said in a statement Thursday.

Egypt faces an insurgency led by the Wahhabi Daesh [Arabic acronym for "ISIS" / "ISIL"] in the Sinai Peninsula, where hundreds of soldiers and police had been killed since 2013.

The military did not name a specific militant group or release the names of those killed but said the militants were "highly dangerous."

As part of their raids security forces destroyed five four-wheel drive vehicles and four storage sites used to manufacture improvised explosive devices, the military statement said.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team