 Bodies of two Egyptian policemen were found on Friday at the international borderline in Sinai, a security source said. The source, cited by the official Middle East News Agency (MENA), said the two men had been shot, adding that fire arms were found in their possession. He added that investigations into circumstances of their death were underway.
The source added that the two policemen had, apparently, lost their way and crossed the Egyptian-Israeli borders by mistake -- alluding to the possibility that they might have been shot by the Israeli troops.
| It seems they might also have been wearing the uniforms by mistake... |
A bit more on that, from Asharq al-Asqat...
Israeli soldiers killed two gunmen dressed as Egyptian army officers who attacked them on Israel's border with Egypt on Friday, an Israeli military spokeswoman said. The gunmen were part of a three-person squad that stormed across the frontier at dawn near Israel's Mount Saguy, opposite the Egyptian border town of Bir el-Main, Lieutenant Michal Luft said. The third gunman fled back over the border, she said.
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"The gunmen killed in the clash were in Egyptian military uniforms with officer ranks, which is rare as Egyptian army officers do not generally come to this area," Luft said. She declined to speculate on the identity of the gunmen.
| "As long as they're dead, who cares?" |
An Egyptian Interior Ministry spokesman said he heard of a clash at Israel's border between three men coming from Egypt and the Israeli military, but said he had not heard they were wearing Egyptian army uniforms. He declined to comment further.
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