Egypt police kill 7-year-old Sudanese girl at border

El Arish: Egyptian police shot and killed a seven-year-old Sudanese girl and two African migrants as they tried to cross the border into Israel on Saturday, security sources said.

The Egyptian patrol reportedly opened fire on the migrants to stop them getting across the border south of the Rafah crossing.

The sources 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 after Egypt launched a crackdown on African migrants.