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At least a dozen tourists and their guides have been killed in what is reported to be an accidental attack on their convoy by Egyptian security forces.

The tourists are reported to be Mexican and as many as ten other passengers in a convoy of four cars are said to have been injured.

A statement from Egyptian interior ministry said that while police and armed forces were pursuing “terrorist elements” they accidentally engaged with a tourist convoy.

The ministry statement claimed the tourists should not have been in that area and their presence there was “illegal”.


Comment: That makes it ok then.

“A joint force from the police and military, whilst chasing terrorist elements in the oasis area of the western desert tonight, accidentally engaged four four-wheel drives belonging to a Mexican tourist group,” the ministry said in a statement.

“The incident resulted in the death of 12 Mexicans and Egyptians and the injury of 10 others who have been transferred to hospitals.”

The statement added that the wounded were taken to hospital and an investigation had been launched into the circumstances of the incident.