location: Sheikh Zuwayid
notes: Egypts armed forces said on 6 September that a total of 11 Islamist militants were killed and 5 others were injured in a shootout with security forces in al-Arish, Shaykh Zuwayd and Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai. In Sheikh Zuweiyd militants attacked a bomb squad that was in the process of detonating two improvised explosive devices (IED). In the ensuing clashes, two militants were killed. Not far away from Sheikh Zuweid , a police conscript was also reportedly killed during a security sweep south of the city. Lastly three police conscripts were killed and six others injured in a militant attack that targeted an army patrol south of Sheikh Zuweid.
target_text: location: Sheikh Zuwayid, fatalities: 6