Egypt's police and military killed 12 Egyptians and Mexicans and injured ten when they accidentally shot at a Mexican tourist convoy whilst engaging militants in the country's western desert, the ministry of interior said in a statement.
Yesterday, the so-called Islamic State released a statement it had repelled an attack by the Egyptian military in the western desert leading to heightened security in the area.
The Mexican foreign ministry has confirmed two Mexican nationals were among those killed.
Mexico's president Enrique Peña Nieto has condemned the attack and demanded a full investigation into the incident by the Egyptian government.
