IDF kills two Egyptian cops

JERUSALEM, June 2 (UPI) -- Israeli military authorities were investigating a gunbattle Friday along the border with Egypt in which two Egyptians were killed.

The Jerusalem Post said the two men, who were apparently on the Israeli side of the frontier, were armed and in uniform.

Egyptian authorities later said the two were Egyptian policemen and that the Israelis opened fire first in the incident at Mount Sagi.

The newspaper said the investigation was ordered by Defense Minister Amir Peretz.

In other security developments, Israeli Defense Forces on Friday discovered and exploded a bom that had been placed on the side of a road near a refugee camp near Nablus in the West Bank.