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Last update - 19:47 22/05/2008 Border Police troops kills Egyptian who infiltrated Israel By The Associated Press Tags: Egypt, Israel, Border Police  The Israel Defense Forces said that Border Police officers shot dead a man who sneaked across its desert frontier with Egypt late Wednesday night. At the Awja crossing point in central Sinai on Thursday the Israelis handed over to the Egyptian authorities the body of the man, named as Ayesh Suleiman Moussa, 32. Officers apparently opened fire on a group of infiltrators who entered the country through the northern part of Israel's border with Sinai. Advertisement An Egyptian security official says the dead man was a drug smuggler and a second man with him was moderately wounded. The rest of the infiltrators - roughtly five in total - escaped back to Egypt. An IDF spokeswoman said she had no information on a second person and could not give the exact location of Wednesday night's incident. Palestinian militants and African migrant workers often try to slip across Israel's porous border with Egypt. But security officials said they did not believe the infiltrators were African refugees seeking shelter in Israel, and that the officers suspected they intended to harm soldiers. IDF forces and Border Police officers conducted searches along the border in search for answers as to the motive of the infilgration. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Say what you want French court: Claim that Al-Dura tape doctored isn`t libelous. Peace in our time Olmert: Peace talks with Syria are a 'national duty'.   1.   more africans shot 16:26  |  paulo2005 22/05/08   2.   Israel should not be shooting to kill anyone. 21:16  |  Dutch 22/05/08   3.   Israel SHOULD shoot at infiltrators 23:09  |  Other Dutch 22/05/08   4.   Besides, Israel has rights to.... 23:10  |  Another Dutch part 2 22/05/08   5.   #1 paulo22005 - Of course they were African 23:29  |  * BEN JABO 22/05/08   6.   #2 Dutch - Go there and test the policy in person 23:31  |  * BEN JABO 22/05/08   7.   Dutch cheers Kassams aimed at civilians. 23:32  |  Hypocrite Spotter 22/05/08   8.   Border Police 00:07  |  Henry Cittone 23/05/08

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