Bedouin girl shot dead near Egypt-Israeli border

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.