| Bedouin gunmen wounded seven Egyptian policemen in a dawn attack yesterday on a convoy carrying 28 prisoners in Sinai, enabling five detainees to flee, police said. More than 30 Bedouins in six vehicles blocked the convoy, which was taking the prisoners to court in Sinai to face drug charges. In the ambush, seven police, including an officer, were wounded, and three Egyptian and two Syrian prisoners escaped, the police said. The countryâs Interior Ministry said the vehicle transporting the prisoners had swerved off the road. âRelatives of the prisoners, who were following in cars, took advantage of the situation to free five of the accused, including two considered dangerous, after exchanging fire with the police,â it said. |