Last September, an Egyptian army aircraft fired on a group parked
for a barbecue near a tourist site, thinking they were militants. In
addition to the eight Mexicans, four Egyptians were killed. Six Mexicans
were wounded.
Mexico says unhappy with Egypt's response to 2015 attack on tourists(Reuters)
Mexico said Thursday that it was not satisfied with the Egyptian government's response to an aerial bombing in Egypt last year in which eight Mexican tourists wee killed.
The Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its website that it had sent a letter to the Egyptian embassy to express its "surprise and dissatisfaction" with the government's failure to thoroughly investigate the case, penalize the perpetrators and compensate victims.
Last
September, an Egyptian army aircraft fired on a group parked for a
barbecue near a tourist site, thinking they were militants. In addition
to the eight Mexicans, four Egyptians were killed. Six Mexicans were
wounded.
The ministry said that although media
outlets had reported on negotiations with one of the victim's families,
Mexico did not have any knowledge of the case.
The New York Times
reported earlier this week that the Egyptian tourism federation would
compensate families of three Mexican victims and it was also negotiating
with families of the other Mexican victims.
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