Dal 2007, secondo Human Rights Watch, sono almeno 85 le persone abbattute a colpi di arma da fuoco dalla polizia di frontiera egiziana lungo il confine con Israele, nella penisola del Sinai, colpiti mentre tentavano di attraversare a piedi la frontiera senza documenti con l'intenzione di chiedere asilo politico al governo di Tel Aviv. L'ultima vittima e' un ragazzo sudanese di soli 23 anni, colpito a una gamba lo scorso 11 agosto. Di seguito, i dettagli dell'omicidio sulla stampa egiziana.
Egyptian police kill Sudanese migrant near Israel border
AFP
CAIRO, Thu, 11/08/2011 - Egyptian police shot dead a Sudanese migrant and wounded two others on Thursday as they tried to cross illegally into Israel, a security official said.
The dead man, 23, died of a bullet wound in the thigh. The two others were taken to hospital, the official said.
Around 10 sub-Saharan migrants have been killed this year trying to cross the porous border into Israel, which has asked Egypt to clamp down on migrant traffic and smuggling.
The figure is a drop from 2010, in which they shot dead at least 28 migrants by August.
Rather than any change in the much-criticised policy of shooting unarmed migrants, the lower death toll has been attributed to laxer policing since the revolt that overthrew president Hosni Mubarak in February.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said last year that Egyptian police have killed at least 85 migrants near the border since 2007.
Egyptian police kill Sudanese migrant near Israel border
AFP
CAIRO, Thu, 11/08/2011 - Egyptian police shot dead a Sudanese migrant and wounded two others on Thursday as they tried to cross illegally into Israel, a security official said.
The dead man, 23, died of a bullet wound in the thigh. The two others were taken to hospital, the official said.
Around 10 sub-Saharan migrants have been killed this year trying to cross the porous border into Israel, which has asked Egypt to clamp down on migrant traffic and smuggling.
The figure is a drop from 2010, in which they shot dead at least 28 migrants by August.
Rather than any change in the much-criticised policy of shooting unarmed migrants, the lower death toll has been attributed to laxer policing since the revolt that overthrew president Hosni Mubarak in February.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said last year that Egyptian police have killed at least 85 migrants near the border since 2007.