Egypt finds five dead Sudanese migrants near Israel border
11 migrants were also wounded by what the security sources say were gunmen.
By REUTERSUpdated: NOVEMBER 23, 2015 14:55The border fence between Israel and Egypt along Highway 12(photo credit: REUTERS)
Egyptian border forces shot dead five Sudanese migrants trying to cross from Egypt's turbulent North Sinai region into Israel on Monday, the military said in a statement."Law enforcement tasked with protecting the border spotted at dawn today a group of Africans trying to sneak though the international border in cooperation with criminal elements involved in illegal immigration," the military said."The force fired several warning shots and moved to arrest those trespassers who shot at the security force. The force engaged them, killing five, injuring six and arresting five more. All of them were Sudanese."North Sinai, which is bordered to the east by Israel and the Gaza Strip, is the epicenter of an Islamist militant insurgency. Militants there have killed hundreds of soldiers and police.On Nov. 15, Egyptian police found the bodies of 15 African migrants who appeared to have been shot dead in the same region, security sources said at the time.They said another eight migrants had been wounded in that. It was not clear who had attacked the migrants or which countries they had originated from.