Egyptian guards shoot and kill Sudanese migrant at Israel border

A Sinai medical official on Sunday said Egyptian border guards shot and killed an African migrant trying to cross illegally into Israel earlier in the day.

Imad Kharboush, head of the Northern Sinai ambulance department, said the man was shot Sunday after he ignored warning shots fired by the guards and continued toward the barrier separating Egypt and Israel south of the border crossing of Rafah.

Hundreds of Africans seeking political asylum and jobs try to cross from Egypt into Israel every year.

Human Rights Watch recently urged Egypt to stop using lethal force against migrants.

The group says since June 2007 Egyptian border guards have killed nearly three dozen migrants including a 7-year-old girl. Many more have been wounded in shootings.