6 Sudanese found shot dead near Egypt- Israel border
The bodies of six Sudanese migrants who had
been shot dead were found in Egypt’s Sinai
Peninsula near the Israeli border on Monday,
security and health officials said.
Eleven Sudanese were also wounded by
gunshots as the group attempted to reach
Israel, officials said. The circumstances
of the shooting were not immediately
clear.
The Sinai Peninsula, where Egyptian
authorities are battling a jihadist
insurgency, is a major route for African
migrants trying to reach Israel.
On November 15, the bodies of 15
African migrants were found near the
Israeli border after they were shot dead.
Egypt border police often shot dead and
wounded migrants at the border as they
tried to cross into Israel between 2009
and 2011.
The northern part of the peninsula has
been the stronghold of a jihadist
insurgency since the military overthrew
Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in
2013.
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