A dozen tourists and tour guides have been killed by Egyptian security forces in what has been described as an accident.
The Egyptian interior ministry issued a statement saying that while police were pursuing "terrorist elements" they accidentally shot at a tourist convoy, international media has reported.
In addition to the dozen deaths, ten others of Mexican and Egyptian nationalities, have been taken to hospital.
"On the 13th during a joint military police and armed forces operation chasing terrorist elements in Wahat in the Western Desert four pick-up trucks carrying Mexican tourists were mistakenly dealt with," according to am Egyptian government statement published by AFP.
"The incident led to the death of 12 and wounding of 10 Mexicans and Egyptians," it said.
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Death on the Nile.
Death on the Nile.
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Re: Death on the Nile.
"...four pick-up trucks carrying Mexican tourists were mistakenly dealt with..."
Well, I guess that will give Donald Trump a new way to express himself
Well, I guess that will give Donald Trump a new way to express himself
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts