From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Wed Jul 09 2008 - 13:51:15 EDT
Egypt police shoot Ethiopian on Israel border
Published: July 09, 2008
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AFP) Egyptian police shot and wounded an Ethiopian man on
Wednesday as he tried to cross the border illegally into Israel, a security
official said.
The 28-year-old man was shot in the foot by police south of the border town
of Rafah. He had failed to stop following police warnings, the official told
AFP.
"He was taken to El-Arish hospital (in north Sinai) for treatment and his
condition is stable," the official said.
This year, Egyptian forces have killed at least 16 people among groups
trying to cross into Israel from the Sinai in search of work. The latest
casualties included a Sudanese girl aged 7 who was shot dead last month.
Dozens of illegal immigrants, mostly Africans, have also been arrested in
the past year.
The 250-kilometre (155-mile) frontier between the two countries is
notoriously porous and is often used by drugs smugglers and people
traffickers.
Last Monday, gunmen trying to smuggle a group of African immigrants into
Israel shot dead an officer in Egypt's border police.
In February, human rights group Amnesty International slammed Egypt's use of
force at the border.
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