Thread: Mexican tourists killed by Egyptian security forces

Security forces in Egypt have mistakenly killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, during an anti-terror operation, the interior ministry says.



The tourists were travelling in four vehicles that entered a restricted zone in the Wahat area of the Western Desert, the ministry said.

Ten Mexicans and Egyptians were also injured and are being treated in a local hospital.

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto condemned the incident and said he had "demanded an exhaustive investigation by the Egyptian government".

The Mexican foreign ministry confirmed that at least two of its nationals had been killed and said it was working to confirm the identities of the other victims.

In a statement, it said Mexico's ambassador in Egypt had visited the local hospital and spoken to five Mexicans who were in a stable condition.

'Mistakenly dealt with'

The statement (in Arabic) from Egypt's interior ministry said the four vehicles the tourists were travelling in were "mistakenly dealt with" during a joint military police and armed forces operation.

It said the incident happened on Sunday in an area that "was off limits to foreign tourists", but it did not give an exact location.

Egyptian officials say the tourists were in a no-go zone - and had not liaised with the authorities.

But a local tour guide has denied that, saying the group was in an unrestricted area, on top of sand dunes, trying to get a bird's eye view.

Another local source - who claims to have spoken to a driver who survived the incident - told the BBC the tourists even had a police escort.

He said the safari was organised by a local hotel which co-ordinated with the security forces.

The group of tourists was preparing to camp out in the vast Western Desert when they came under fire.

According to the interior ministry's statement, the security forces were pursuing Islamic militants in the desert, and targeted the four vehicles which were away from the main road with an Apache helicopter, which shot and hit the four vehicles.


Mexican tourists killed by Egyptian security forces - BBC News

Security forces on Safari.

Seems they must of been trained by American forces.....

Originally Posted by Horatio Hornblower

Seems they must of been trained by American forces.....

How so? I don't remember any American Army forces killing tourists visiting the US recently.

America should deploy these soldiers on the U.S. Mexican border.

nah they just shoot every fucker in range.

Famous saying during the great wars when the Germans fired the Brits ducked,when the Brits fired the Germans ducked,when the Americans fired every fucker Ducked.

Originally Posted by wasabi

America should deploy these soldiers on the U.S. Mexican border.

Lawns need to be mowed, won't ever happen....

Originally Posted by CSFFan

Originally Posted by Horatio Hornblower

Seems they must of been trained by American forces.....

How so? I don't remember any American Army forces killing tourists visiting the US recently.

You're kidding right?

Seppos are world leaders in blue on blue.

Originally Posted by Neverna

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto condemned the incident and said he had "demanded an exhaustive investigation by the Egyptian government".

Yes, make it at least as thorough as the Mexican authorities do when a foreign tourist dies there.

Mexico is a rare example of a Country that had outdone Thailand in destroying its once lucrative tourist industry. The border is just south of San Diego and about 200 kilometers south of Los Angeles, but many Americans have stopped going because of the crime. The cops there also make the Thai police look like saints.

Egypt attack: Mexican victims' families arrive in Cairo

A plane carrying the relatives of a group of Mexican tourists killed in an attack by the Egyptian army has landed in Cairo.

Twelve people were mistakenly killed by Egyptian security forces in an anti-terror operation on Sunday.

Egypt says it mistook the tourists for Islamist militants, whom its forces were pursuing in the western desert.

It has apologised, but has insisted the group were in a restricted area. Local sources deny the claim.

Ten people, among them six Mexicans were also injured in the attack.

Egypt has apologised for the incident, which Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said took place "by mistake as the state continues to fight terrorism".

Egypt's ambassador to Mexico City, Yasser Shaban, said the tourists' 4x4 vehicles resembled those used by the militants the security forces were chasing.

Egypt attack: Mexican victims' families arrive in Cairo - BBC News