CAIRO: Egypt said its security forces killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, after mistakenly targeting their four-vehicle convoy while pursuing extremists in the country’s Western Desert.
A joint police and military operation Sunday “chasing terrorist elements“ in Wahat “mistakenly” targeted four pick-up trucks carrying Mexican tourists, the interior ministry said in a statement.
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