A convoy of sports utility vehicles full of Mexican tourist was mistaken to be Islamist militants and fired upon by a AH-64 attach helicopter on Sept. 13.
By Capt. David Dunn (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1975934) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The attack killed 12 people, sources said eight of those killed were Mexicans. Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu said the convoy had stopped for lunch at the Bahariya Oasis.
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