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Africa North
Egyptian police shoot Sudanese man dead
2008-08-22
(SomaliNet) Egyptian security officials said on Tuesday that an Egyptian police shot dead a 27-year-old Sudanese man as he tried to slip over the border into Israel.
"You there! [BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!] Halt or I'll shoot!"
This brings to 20 the number of African migrants killed at the border so far this year. The killing, took place at night on Monday.

A police patrol saw the Sudanese man and four other migrants attempting to get through barbed wire on the border and ordered them to stop, opening fire when they failed to do so. Police arrested two of the migrants, while the remaining two managed to escape towards Egypt.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Rambler, the Air Force taught us to shout "HALT" three times, then fire three times if they didn't stop. The first shot was supposed to kill the individual, the other two were designed to attract the attention of the body-recovery truck. In real life, it's "halt,halt,halt[bang][bang][bang]. They also taught us NOT to miss, because missing got you an a$$-chewing PLUS extra time at the guardpost. It appears that same lesson is being taught to the Iraqis and the Afghanis - most encounters result in bad guys being shot.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-08-22 12:48  

#1  No, no, no. You must shout "halt" three times before you fire. So it is "HaltHaltHal[BANG!]t"
Posted by: Rambler in California   2008-08-22 00:07  

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