Clashes between the Egyptian army and an armed group in Qalyubia province has left two officers and five fighters dead, according to sources in the country's interior ministry.
The exchange of gunfire erupted after the army officers tried to storm a safehouse belonging to self-declared jihadist group, Ansar Beit al-Makdis, in the Nile Delta region, north of Cairo.
Armed groups have killed more than 200 policemen and soldiers in bomb and shooting attacks since the army's overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July.
Most of the attacks have taken place in the Sinai Peninsula, where self-declared jihadist leaders are believed to be based.
Attacks on security forces have spread to the capital and elsewhere in the Nile Delta.
On Saturday, gunmen shot dead six soldiers at a military checkpoint in northern Cairo and planted bombs to target first responders before fleeing the scene. The bombs were safely defused.
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