People line the streets of Cairo for the funeral procession of five policemen killed on Wednesday

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People line the streets of Cairo for the funeral procession of five policemen killed on Wednesday during raids around the country in a crackdown on militant Islamists. Some 14 extremists were killed in the operation. Yesterday a traffic policeman was killed when gunmen suspected of being Muslim militants attacked a checkpoint near Tima, 230 miles south of Cairo, police said