埃及安全部隊打死兩名墨西哥遊客

Egyptian security forces have killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, after mistakenly opening fire on the visitors while the forces were pursuing terrorists in Egypt's western desert.

埃及安全部隊在埃及西部沙漠追擊恐怖分子時，錯誤地向遊客開火，造成12人死亡，其中包括墨西哥遊客。

The Mexican Foreign Ministry said at least two of the dead were Mexican nationals.

墨西哥外交部說，至少兩名墨西哥人被打死。

Egypt said in a statement the dead were Mexican and Egyptian, but did not break down the death toll by nationalities.

埃及發表聲明說，被打死的是墨西哥人和埃及人，並沒有說明究竟有多少墨西哥人死亡。

The statement also said the area the tourists were in was "off limits to foreign tourists."

聲明還說，事件發生地區是禁止外國遊客進入的。

Rasha Azazi, a spokesperson for the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, said the involved tour company did not have the proper permits and did not inform authorities that the tourists would be in the Farafra area. Azazi told the Associated Press that all trips to Farafra have to be cleared by authorities.

埃及旅遊部發言人阿扎茲說，涉及這一事件的旅遊公司沒有許可證，而且沒有事先通知有關當局遊客將進入法拉弗拉地區。阿扎茲對美聯社說，所有進入法拉弗拉地區的旅遊團都必須得到當局批准。

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has demanded an investigation into the deadly incident.

墨西哥總理涅託要求對這起致命事件展開調查。