Gunmen attack Egyptian police car near Rafah
Egypt, Local, 1/3/2004

Egyptian security sources said yesterday that unidentified gunmen attacked an Egyptian police car, near the Egyptian Rafah, and opened fire at it, and one policeman was injured as a result.

The sources said that a force from the Egyptian police was on duty in al-Barath village in Rafah, area near the borders with Israel, and while interrogating certain persons over suspicion, a small truck carrying five men started to open fire at it indiscriminately.

By the end of 2003, the Egyptian authorities stopped attempts to smuggle foreign tourists into Israel though al-Barath area.

The sources added that the gunmen fled after exchanging fire with them, and the police secretary Muhammad al-Jamal was hit by a bullet in his shoulder, and was admitted to Rafah hospital for medical treatment.

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