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Bedouin girl shot dead near Egypt-Israeli border
A teenage Bedouin girl was fatally shot in the Sinai Peninsula near Egypt's border with Israel on Thursday, Egyptian officials said.
- Agencies
- Published: 08:54 February 29, 2008
Cairo: A teenage Bedouin girl was fatally shot in the Sinai Peninsula near Egypt's border with Israel on Thursday, Egyptian officials said.
The girl, identified as 12-year-old Samah Nayyef Abu Garad, was hit in the head by a bullet, witnesses and an Egyptian security official said.
It was not clear who was to blame for the death, with Egyptian officials and a witness citing a stray bullet coming from across the border, and the Israeli military saying no shooting had occurred on their side.
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