Egyptian police failed to cover their flank in raid that saw 30 of them killed
Daily Mail:
...This also could have been a setup where the tipster led the police into a trap. Normally when you conduct a raid on an enemy you have people on the flanks to check for potential ambushes.
The security sources said authorities were following a lead to a hideout deep in the desert thought to house eight suspected members of Hasm, a group which has claimed several attacks around the capital targeting judges and police since last year.
A convoy of four SUVs and one interior ministry vehicle was ambushed from higher ground by militants firing rocket-propelled grenades and detonating explosive devices, a senior source in the Giza Security Office said.
The number of dead was expected to rise, two security sources said.
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