Egyptian guards kill Sudanese man trying to cross into Israel

Police official in Rafah says migrant ignored warning shots and continued running toward the border fence.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sudanese atBorder 248.88 (photo credit: Channel 10 [file])
Sudanese atBorder 248.88
(photo credit: Channel 10 [file])
Egyptian border guards on Sunday killed a Sudanese migrant who was allegedly trying to cross illegally into Israel, an Egyptian health official said. Imad Kharboush of El-Arish Hospital said the 32-year-old Abdel-karim Ahmed Adam died Sunday of a gunshot wound to the chest. A police official in Rafah said the migrant ignored warning shots and continued running toward the border fence. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media, said seven other Sudanese had been arrested in a separate incident south of Rafah. The migrants told police that each had paid $500 to human traffickers to take them to the Israeli border. They were seeking political asylum and jobs in Israel.