Egypt finds 15 dead African migrants near Israel border

Egyptian police officers find the bodies of 15 African migrants near the border between Sinai and Israel, Reuters reports.

The migrants appeared to have been shot dead, a local security source says.

Another eight migrants were wounded in the attack, the sources are quoted by Reuters as saying. Ambulances rushed to the scene south of the town of Rafah on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. It is unclear who attacked the migrants or where they came from.

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