Four Sudanese killed in illegal crossing of Egypt's borders

Ahram Online, Thursday 5 Dec 2013

Gunfight with Egyptian border guards as they tried to enter country through Sharq Al-Owainat

Egyptian border guards patrol
Egyptian border guards patrol near the border with Israel in Rafah, Egypt (Photo: AP)

Four Sudanese were killed and 10 others wounded in a gunfight with Egyptian border guards after they tried to enter the country illegally, according to Al-Ahram's Arabic news website.

The 14 Sudanese had tried to cross the Egyptian border in the southwestern agricultural region of Sharq Al-Owainat.

The 10 wounded were transferred to a university hospital in the southern city of Aswan.

 

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