CAIRO [MENL] -- Egyptian security forces, searching for the planners of the Al Qaida attacks in Sharm e-Sheik, have battled Bedouin terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula.

Officials said security forces fought Bedouins in the Sinai mountains about 30 kilometers northwest of Sharm on Monday. They said police and commando units surrounded the villages of Khurum and Rweissat in a search for suspects in the July 23 bombings in which an estimated 90 people were killed. About 25 Bedouins were arrested.

Egypt has determined that nine Pakistani nationals arrived in Sinai to carry out the attacks. The officials said six of the Pakistanis were identified. They were Mohammad Akhtar, 30, Rashid Ali, 26, Mohammad Anwar, 30, Mohammad Arif, 36, and Tasadduq Hussein, 18.

Officials said some of the Pakistanis were believed to have been harbored by Bedouins in Sinai. They said the Pakistanis packed the explosives in minibuses for the drive to Sharm.