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Source: Egypt's Bedouin seize at least 11 policemen in Sinai |
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09:07, November 12, 2008 |
A group of armed Bedouin on Tuesday besieged a police station in the Sinai Peninsula near the Egyptian border with Israel and captured at least 11 Egyptian policemen, a local source said.
The incident occurred after hundreds of Bedouin gathered overnight in north Sinai in protest against the killing of a tribesman in a shootout with policemen on Monday.
Witnesses said the Bedouin tribesmen opened fire into the air and burned tyres.
Meanwhile, the pan-Arab news channel al-Jazeera reported that the captives include major general Mohamed Sharawy and 10 policemen.
According to earlier report, the Bedouin tribesmen surrounded the police station but didn't take hostages.
No official comments are available at the moment.
Source:Xinhua
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