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African migrant shot, another injured on Israeli-Egyptian border

Sep 1, 2009, 11:36 GMT

Rafah, Egypt - Egyptian police killed an unidentified African migrant and wounded another Tuesday as they were attempting to enter Israel illegally, a security source said. An Egyptian police patrol spotted 13 migrants attempting to cross the border into Israel. Police ordered them to stop, and opened fire when they failed to do so, the source added. The nationality of the man who died was not immediately known because he had no identity papers on him. The injured Eritrean woman was transferred to Rafah Hospital. The other 11 migrants - ten Ethiopians and one Eritrean - are being held in Al-Arish prison. The death of the African man brings the number of migrants shot while trying to cross into Israel to 40 in the past 18 months. Most African migrants in Egypt seek asylum or work in Israel. Last year, Egyptian police arrested more than 480 illegal immigrants. The largest group was from Eritrea. The Rafah border crossing is on the 250-kilometre Egyptian-Israeli frontier.

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African migrant shot, another injured on Israeli-Egyptian border

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