Egyptian security officials say a key leader of a militant group has been shot dead in the Sinai peninsula.
Shadi el-Menei was the purported head of Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, suspected of a string of recent attacks.
Several other members of the al-Qaeda-inspired group were said to have been killed but this has not been confirmed.
The deaths of more than 200 Egyptian soldiers and officials have been blamed on Ansar Beit al-Maqdis since President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in July 2013, BBC informs.
