CAIRO, July 19 (Aswat Masriya) - Smugglers killed 15 soldiers in an exchange of fire in New Valley’s Farafra on Saturday evening, a military source said.

Three of the smugglers were killed in the Farafra Oasis attack, the Middle East News Agency reported.

The smugglers used heavy weapons and rocket-propelled grenades.

This is the second time this army unit is attacked by smugglers in less than three months, the agency added.