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them. The shots came from rooftops of houses, schools and mosques. Maj. Gen. Nabil Farrag was the only person killed during the battle after being shot in the chest by the gunmen. Ten policemen were injured with shrapnel wounds in various parts of their bodies during two separate grenade attacks and live television footage showed dense smoke clouds hovering above the sites of clashes. Gen. al-Daly added that a stormtrooper division helped the
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vehicles that smashed down the compound's gates before breaking in, but the man wasn't there. Waves of arrests were carried out and in total, between 65 and 85 people, including three main suspects in August's attack, were detained in response to 150 arrest warrants made for involved suspects in the earlier killings. In addition, the
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685:"Egypt: No immediate move to dismantle Muslim Brotherhood"
642:. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2013.
517:"Egyptian Forces Fight Gun Battles in Pro-Morsi Kerdasa"
568:"General killed as Egyptian forces raid pro-Morsi town"
731:"إعدام 12 والمؤبد لـ9 في قضية مقتل اللواء نبيل فراج"
556:. The Christian Science Monitor. September 19, 2013.
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128:Casualties and losses
1102:October 2014 attacks
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699:"Battle for control"
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