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| Egyptian bus driver shoots dead six laborers |
| 2010-07-07 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] An Egyptian bus driver working for a private construction company shot dead six laborers on Tuesday and injured as many as 16 others in a suburb of Cairo, the official MENA news agency reported. Also, a security official said the driver was taking the employees to their workplace when he suddenly stopped the bus and fired at his passengers. "The bus driver for the company Arab Contractors was taking 22 labourers and other employees" to their workplace in Giza when he stopped the vehicle at Meniel Shiha, 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Cairo, the official said. "He then took out an automatic weapon and opened fire at the passengers, killing six on the spot and wounding 16, who have been taken to hospital," he said, asking not to be named. The 46-year-old, Mahmoud Taha Swellem, opened fire with an automatic rifle on the workers who were travelling in a bus belonging to Egyptian construction firm Arab Contractors, MENA reported. An Arab Contractors official confirmed the shooting but did not give details, saying a statement would be issued shortly. A security source also said 6 were killed but added that only 6 others were injured, not 12 as reported by MENA. The man was arrested by police and was now under investigation, MENA said. The report did not give a motive. The incident took place on a highway 15 km (9 miles) south of Cairo, the security source said, adding that the driver was taking 23 employees from their homes to work when he stopped the bus in the middle of the road and opened fire. There were women employees in the bus but none was killed or injured, the source said, adding that the victims included a financial manager and a department head. The assailant was arrested but no immediate word emerged on his motives, although survivors were quoted as saying the driver had been suffering depression due to a job transfer. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Curiouser and curioser, nobody shot back? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-07-07 15:23 |
| #3 Honor has now been satisfied for someone making fun of his pee pee or mustache. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-07-07 09:27 |
| #2 WTF? I thought this only happened in bitter-gun-clinging America. |
| Posted by: Spot 2010-07-07 08:12 |
| #1 Sudden Jihad Syndrome? |
| Posted by: nGuard 2010-07-07 07:23 |