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Egyptian security: 12 killed in skirmish at Gaza border
 [Ma'an] Paleostinian sources say 12 people including Bedouins and Egyptian coppers were killed Saturday in festivities in the Sinai Peninsula, in what appeared to be an attempt by tribes in the region to take control of the swath of land south of the Egypt-Gazoo border. Gunshots were heard in the Egyptian city of Rafah as Bedouins attempted to occupy the border with Israel and the Gazoo Strip. Rocket-propelled Grenades were fired at Egyptian soldiers, witnesses said, causing the near-total destruction of one home near the border area, and damage to a sector of the Gazoo-Egypt border fence. Gazoo government police were said to have fixed the breach immediately, while eyewitnesses said police forces deployed across the border area on the Gazoo side, in an apparent attempt to prevent Gazoo residents from entering Egypt. Armed groups attacked Egyptian police in the cities of Rafah and Sheikh Zweid, set fire to one cop shoppe and were behind the slaying of one officer identified as 36-year-old Jum'a Hamid after he was kidnapped along with two others, security sources said. Security officials also said Bedouins were behind an earlier attack on an Egyptian security checkpoint, where four officers were killed and four others injured. All were transported to hospital in Al-Arish. Four banks and several state buildings were also reportedly set ablaze and looted. Posted by: Fred 2011-01-30 |
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