Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Egyptian army strengthens border with Libya

Cairo .- The Egyptian army has intensified in recent hours, your presence on the border with Libya, after the violent suppression of demonstrations calling for the downfall of the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi, while Affairs confirmed the death of two Egyptian by gunfire Shot in the neighboring country.

The border crossing of Al Salum is open 24 hours to allow the return of the Egyptians to their country and the passage of those who want to leave Libya, told EFE today a source of the press office of the Supreme Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces. The Egyptian army has sent two planes to Libya to transport their citizens who are there and installed tents near the border to welcome those who come from this neighboring country.

The Armed Forces offer also transport the Egyptians arrived at the border to take them to different places within their country. According to a statement from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, two Egyptians were killed by a bullet in Libya. In the note, quoting the advisor to the Minister for Consular Affairs, Mohamed Abdel Hakam, identified the two dead as Omar Metwali Metwali Bazini and Ayman Abdel Zaher Rezq.

Hakam said his ministry is in constant communication with the Egyptian embassy in Tripoli and the consulate in Benghazi to ensure safe evacuation of Egyptian citizens. According Hakam, 4,000 Egyptians have come from Libya to the Egyptian city of Al Salum and in addition, another 260 have returned home by plane.

The advisor to the Foreign Minister said that it will increase the number of aircraft of the Egyptian airlines to Tripoli to evacuate more citizens. At least 400 people killed by the repression of Gaddafi yesterday, at least 250 people died in the bombing of Tripoli in the Libyan air force against protesters demanding the Gaddafi regime fell, according to the Qatari television network Al Jazeera.

But that number of people killed by the regime's repression could increase to a total of at least 400 people killed after the crackdown, according to humanitarian sources displaced to Tripoli. According to Human Rights Watch, over two hundred people have died since last Thursday in parts of Libya.

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