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Navy Shot Killed Egyptian: US

Warning blast to trading vessel in Suez Canal proved fatal

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 26, 2008 5:03 PM CDT

(Newser) – The US Navy acknowledged today that warning shots from one of its ships in the Suez Canal killed an Egyptian man, Reuters reports. Sources said the boat trying to sell goods to passing vessels approached the Global Patriot, which fired after warnings in Arabic and flares failed to make the small motorboat change course. The Navy had denied reports of the death.

Though one official stood by the ship's decision to fire, the US Fifth Fleet—based in the Persian Gulf state of Bahrain—issued an apology and promised aid to the family of Mohammed Fouad Afifi Gaafer, who died Monday.

Saada Abdel Al holds her two children, Rahma, 4, and Fouad, 8 months, at the family house after the funeral procession of her husband Mohammed Fouad, 27, Tuesday, March 25, 2008.
Saada Abdel Al holds her two children, Rahma, 4, and Fouad, 8 months, at the family house after the funeral procession of her husband Mohammed Fouad, 27, Tuesday, March 25, 2008.   (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
The Global Patriot, a U.S. cargo ship that was under charter to the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command, sails in the Suez canal in Ismailia, Egypt, Tuesday March 25, 2008.
The Global Patriot, a U.S. cargo ship that was under charter to the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command, sails in the Suez canal in Ismailia, Egypt, Tuesday March 25, 2008.   (AP Photo)
An undated handout photo of Mohammed Fouad, 27, provided by his family.
An undated handout photo of Mohammed Fouad, 27, provided by his family.   (AP Photo/Family HO)
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