Egypt Border Guards Shoot, Kill Eritrean Woman On Israeli Border

Cairo, Egypt (AHN) - Egyptian border police shot and killed an Eritrean refugee on Saturday who was attempting to sneak into Israel, security officials said. According to initial reports, the woman had been attempting to smuggle herself and her two children across the border when Egyptian soldiers, who said she disobeyed orders before opening fire, caught her, according to reports.

Security officials in the Sinai Peninsula have said that the woman's' daughters, aged 8 and 10, have been taken into custody.

In recent months, Israel has continually called on Cairo to do a better job at stemming the tide of African refugees coming across the border because they are becoming increasingly bitter at the living conditions in the North African nation. In response, Egypt has established more patrols and police along the lengthy desert border with the Jewish state.

The result has seen at least a dozen refugees shot and killed by border guards after police say they refused to stop.

Israel has reported that approximately 3,000 refugees have entered the country over the past few years. Many of those refugees who have found work in Israel have called on Tel Aviv to grant them residency status. Israel announced last year that they would give asylum to a certain number of refugees already residing inside Israel.