| (KUNA) -- The Egyptian border guards exchanged fire with two persons who tried to infiltrate into Israel through Rafah border crossing. The two persons, a Senegalese and another one with unknown nationality, were intercepted as they approached the southern part of the border crossing, Egypt's state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported Thursday. When they refused the orders to stop and started a fire exchange, the Egyptian border guards shot and killed them on the spot. The two bodies were moved to a nearby hospital pending investigation into the incident, MENA added. Egypt's security agencies said they arrested 16 persons of African origins attempting to infiltrate into Israel two days. |