Egypt police kill African migrant at Israel border
El-Arish, Egypt, 31 July-(ANA)-Egyptian police have shot dead an African migrant trying to cross the border into Israel, security and medical sources say.
The man, who was shot in the chest and right leg, was pronounced dead on arrival at Egypt's Rafah hospital.
At least seven African migrants have been killed at the border since mid-May, after a six-month lull.
Monthly migrant arrests by Egypt at the border have surged, rising five-fold in May to 55 and then doubling again to 114 in June and 160 in July. (ANA)
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