CAIRO, June 3 -- Two Egyptian policemen were shot deadon Friday morning by Israeli border guards on the Egyptian-Israeliborders, the official MENA news agency reported on Saturday.

An investigation has revealed that the two Egyptian policemenwere killed on the Egyptian side of the borders, Egyptian securityauthorities were quoted as saying.

However, Israeli border guards had pulled the bodies of the twoEgyptian policemen to the Israeli side in a cover-up action thataimed at supporting claims they were killed on the Israeli soil,said MENA.

The bodies of the two Egyptian non-commissioned officers,identified as Mohamed Badawi Mohamed Sadiq and Ayman al-SayedHamid, have been transferred to Mubarak Military hospital in Al-Arish.

Later on Friday, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported thattwo Egyptian policemen were killed and a third fled back to Egyptin a firefight with Israeli troops after crossing the border.