Third Field Army killed three extremists and arrested other six terrorists during clashes that erupted with the army on Kattamiya-Ain Sokhna road.
The extremists were coming from Sinai and tried to infiltrate into Suez and Cairo to attack security, military source said adding that the suspects were arrested, while the others were killed.
The source added that the tribesmen helped the army arrest the suspects who were escaping the checkpoints through desert ways.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm