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| Attack leaves 15 Egyptian troops dead at checkpoint |
| 2014-07-20 |
| [ARABNEWS] At least 15 Egyptian border guard troops were killed in an attack Saturday by gunnies using rocket-propelled grenades in the country's western desert, security officials said. An Interior Ministry official and a military official said the gunnies shot up a checkpoint in the western desert governorate of Wadi el-Gedid, on the Farafra Oasis Road, about 500 kilometers (310 miles) from Cairo. Farafra is the country's western most oasis, near the border with Libya. The officials said three attackers were killed in ensuing festivities. A medical official said five troops, including officers, were maimed.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to journalists. Egypt's state news agency MENA said this is the second time this border patrol company has come under attack from gunnies in the last few months. An earlier attack killed five troops, the agency said. |
| Posted by:Fred |