Mexico’s Foreign Minister was headed to Cairo on Tuesday with relatives of tourists mistakenly killed by Egyptian security forces, after demanding an urgent investigation into what she branded the “unjustified attack”.
Claudia Ruiz Massieu flew out of Mexico late on Monday vowing to seek answers on the attack that killed 12 people, including at least two Mexicans. Six other Mexicans are still unaccounted for.
Egypt said the tourists entered a restricted area in the vast Western Desert and were “mistakenly” killed while security forces chased jehadis who had abducted and beheaded an Egyptian they said worked for the Army.
Ruiz Massieu said six Mexican survivors told their ambassador they had “suffered an aerial attack with bombs launched by a plane and helicopters” after stopping for a roadside lunch.
A Mexican man and woman were confirmed dead, the ambassador said.