Egyptian Bedouins protest over killing

Ismailia: At least 700 Egyptian bediouins have joined a protest over the police killing of a Bedouin man, security sources said on Tuesday.

Witnesses said protesters in a village in the Sinai peninsula also burned tyres and barricaded a road with rocks.

Police said the demonstration erupted after police opened fire on Tuesday on a vehicle driven by "two bedouin suspects" when they ignored orders to stop and tried to flee.

One was killed and the other wounded in the incident.

State news agency Mena identified the dead man as a drug dealer, although bedouin sources denied that.