Rivlin to visit family of teen killed in Egypt border shooting

26 October 2016, 7:31 pm

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President Reuven Rivlin is to pay a condolence visit to the family of an Israeli teenager who was shot and killed near Mount Harif in southern Israel on Tuesday while working on the border fence with Egypt.

Rivlin’s office says he will go Thursday to the family of Nimer Bassem Abu Amar, from Lakiya, a predominantly Bedouin village in southern Israel.

Nimer Bassem Abu Amar, a 15-year-old Bedouin Israel, who was killed in a shooting on October 25, 2016, near the Egyptian border, where he worked for a subcontractor hired by the Defense Ministry. (Courtesy)

The ministry said the minor had been brought to work the site by family members, who were part of a team of civilian subcontractors hired by the Defense Ministry to perform maintenance work on the fence.

Egyptian security sources told Sky News Arabia the shots were fired during a clash between smugglers and Egyptian border guards.