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| 6 Hurt In Shooting On Children's Park In South Sinai |
| 2012-10-29 |
| [Ma'an] Gunmen opened fire in a children's park in south Sinai on Saturday night, wounding six, officials said. The al-Fayrouz park in al-Tur city was packed with families celebrating the Eid al-Adha holiday when a group of Bedouin men opened fire, witnesses said. Four children, a man and woman suffered injuries, some serious, medics said. One child lost the fingers on her left hand, they said. Locals said a Bedouin man had been thrown out of the park for harassing a female child, and return with family members for the shooting. The assailants expeditiously departed at a goodly pace. In northern Sinai, two girls escaped an attempted kidnapping when an officer with the traffic police intervened, a Ma'an correspondent said. Nada, 13, and Sabha, 14, were walking down the main street of el-Arish city when three men tried to abduct them. Officer Ahmad al-Saeedi opened fire on the assailants, and one suffered a bullet wound to the leg. Al-Saeedi was also maimed and transferred to al-Arish hospital. |
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