Gunmen attack Egyptian police car near Rafah

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.