Egypt border cops 'kill Palestinian teen'
A PALESTINIAN official says that Egyptian forces have shot and killed a Palestinian youth at the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
EYAD al-Bozum, a spokesman for the Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry in Gaza, said the shooting took place late on Friday night.
He identified the victim as Eyad Houbi, a 17-year-old resident of the border town of Rafah.
Two Egyptian security officials said that border guards fired shots in the air to stop a group of Palestinian boys from climbing over the border fence into Egypt.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the press, said they arrested three teenagers.
But they would not comment on Palestinian claims that one of the boys was killed.
A PALESTINIAN official says that Egyptian forces have shot and killed a Palestinian youth at the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
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