Egypt reaches new record of brutality - troops murder Sudanese refugee child

Posted on June 29, 2008
Filed Under Israel, Middle East, News, Terrorism

Egyptian troops, patrolling the border with Israel, murder an African refugee and a 7-years-old Sudanese girl while they were trying to cross into Israel

EL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian police shot and killed two African migrants, including a seven-year-old Sudanese girl, as they tried to cross the border into Israel on Saturday, security and hospital sources said.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the security sources said an Egyptian patrol opened fire on the migrants to stop them getting across the border south of the Rafah crossing.

They added that seven other African migrants had been detained, including the dead child’s mother.

Their deaths bring to 16 the number of migrants killed at the border this year.

Hospital sources said the other victim was an unidentified African in his thirties, killed by a gunshot wound to his back.

Egypt has pursued a crackdown on African migrants that has seen up to 1,000 Eritrean asylum seekers deported since June 11, despite U.N. objections.

Reuters report is speaking about 16 deaths this year. However, the killing did not start in 2008.

World Divided posted this and this article where the cases from 2007 are listed as well.

We prepare to launch an online action/protest, hoping that someone will finally pay attention to these crimes against the REFUGEES, systematically committed by the troops of the country - Egypt - that was invited by the Sudanese Minister of Defense to increase its presence in peacekeeping force in Darfur.