Egyptian forces raid pro-Morsi town of Kerdasa

Egyptian security forces backed by helicopters have clashed with militants after entering a town near Cairo.

Soldiers went into Kerdasa at about 03:30 GMT to target "criminal and terrorist hotbeds".

Militants shot dead Gen Nabil Farag, a senior policeman.

Eleven police officers were killed at a police station in Kerdasa last month, weeks after the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July.