Smugglers kill 15 soldiers in New Valley shooting

Saturday 19-07-2014 08:02 PM
Smugglers kill 15 soldiers in New Valley shooting

An Egyptian soldier guards the border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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CAIRO, July 19 (Aswat Masriya) - Smugglers killed 15 soldiers in an exchange of fire in New Valley’s Farafra on Saturday evening, a military source said.

Three of the smugglers were killed in the Farafra Oasis attack, the Middle East News Agency reported.

The smugglers used heavy weapons and rocket-propelled grenades.

This is the second time this army unit is attacked by smugglers in less than three months, the agency added.

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