Egyptian police block Israeli border crossing in fury at kidnapping
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Egyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel on Sunday, security sources said.
Police have been blocking another border post, the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip, since Friday to press the government of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, to help free the seven. Dozens of police expanded the protest on Sunday by blocking the al-Awja border crossing 40 km south of Rafah, used by trucks that carry goods between Egypt and Israel, the two security sources said. (Reuters)
