2015 Wahat convoy incident

The 2015 Wahat convoy incident was an incident which occurred on September 13, 2015, in which Egyptian security forces killed eight Mexican tourists and four Egyptian guides in the Western Desert after allegedly mistaking them for terrorists. Background The incident occurred as the group was spotted near an oasis in the Western Desert, when a joint police and army unit fired upon them. Ten injuries occurred in addition to the twelve deaths, after the group was confused to be part of terrorist activity in the region. The incident occurred the same day that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant stated that they were now active in the region, which has become lawless following multiple government overthrows in the region.Egyptian security forces 'kill Mexican tourists' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34241680 14 September 2015 BBC 14 September 2015Egyptian security forces accidentally shoot dead 12 Mexican tourists and guides https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/14/egyptian-security-forces-accidentally-shoot-tourist?CMP=fb_gu 14 September 2015 The Guardian 14 September 2015El-Ghobashy Tamer Tourists in Egypt Accidentally Killed by Security Forces https://www.wsj.com/articles/tourists-in-egypt-accidentally-killed-by-security-forces-1442194626?mod=e2fb 14 September 2015 The Wall Street Journal 13 September 2015 References Category:2015 mass murders Category:2015 murders in Egypt Category:21st-century mass murders in Egypt Category:September 2015 in Egypt Category:Western Desert (Egypt) Category:Police brutality in Africa Category:September 2015 crimes in Africa Category:Mexican people murdered abroad Category:Egyptian war crimes Category:Police brutality in the 2010s Category:Attacks on tourists in Egypt Category:Egypt–Mexico relations Category:International incidents