Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi visited a police officer in hospital on Wednesday who had been rescued from terrorists who had kidnapped him in the Western Desert, El-Sisi s office announced.
El-Sisi was accompanied by Interior Minister Magdy Abdel-Ghaffar.
Police officer Mohamed El-Hayes had gone missing during a shootout on 19 October, which saw 16 policemen killed while raiding a terrorist hideout in Bahariya Oasis, about 135 kilometres (83 miles) southwest of Cairo.
Egyptian armed forces declared on Tuesday that El-Hayes had been freed in a joint operation by army and police forces.
The freed police officer is currently at a military hospital receiving treatment.
So far no group has claimed responsibility for the events.
