Egyptian Forces Bombed Mexican Tourists for Three Hours, Survivor Says Simon Gardner - Reuters
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A Mexican man wounded in an attack by the Egyptian army while traveling in Egypt, is draped in a Mexican flag as he's transferred from the return flight to a waiting helicopter at the presidential hangar of Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)

Egyptian forces bombed a convoy of Mexican tourists around 5 times over a period of 3 hours, even after security forces on the ground had stopped them twice and cleared their passage, one of six survivors of Sunday's deadly attack said.

Susana Calderon is recovering from the bombing in a hospital in Cairo. Her husband Luis was among eight Mexicans killed in what has been described as an accident that claimed 12 lives.

"We were bombed some five times, always from the air," she told Mexican newspaper El Universal from her hospital bed. Her arm is marked with wounds and her right leg is paralysed, though doctors believe she will recover movement.

President Enrique Pena Nieto has demanded Egypt investigate the attack and assign blame. The Egyptian prosecutor general's office has announced a gag order on all news related to the investigation until its conclusion.

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Related: 6 Tourists Injured in Attack Arrive in Mexico from Egypt (Associated Press)

Related: 'I Love You' Last Words of Mexican Killed in Egypt Attack (NDTV)

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