Two Ukrainian tourists were killed and four others wounded by an attacker with a knife at an Egyptian Red Sea resort in Hurghada, Egypt's Interior Ministry and security sources said on Friday.
The assailant has been arrested and is being questioned to determine his motives, the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry says the tourists were rushed to a local hospital. It gave no further details and did not provide the nationalities of the tourists.
An Egyptian security official quoted by Associated Press said the victims of the attack included the two Ukrainian tourists, three from Serbia and one from Poland. It is believed the Ukrainian victims were both women.
The official said the attacker stabbed the tourists in the face, neck, and feet. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorised to speak to the media. He did not provide more details.
The head of the consular department of Ukraine's foreign ministry, Vasil Kyrylych, declined comment pending official information from Egypt.
The Interior Ministry said a preliminary investigation showed the man appeared to have swam from a nearby public beach to access the holiday resort.
Hurghada stretches for 40km of Egypt's Red Sea coast and is renowned for scuba diving. It is a hub for tourism, with many resorts, restaurants, bars and nightclubs.
The attack came hours after five policemen were shot to death in Cairo's twin city of Giza when suspected Islamic militants opened fire on their vehicle early in the morning.
Egypt's security forces are fighting an Islamist insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula and militants have carried out attacks in the past on the tourism industry.
In January 2016, two assailants armed with a gun, a knife and a suicide belt landed on the beach of a hotel in Hurghada, wounding two foreign tourists, security sources said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/14/tourists-wounded-egypt-beach-resort-stabbing-police/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...hada-cairo-shooting-police-giza-a7841511.html
The assailant has been arrested and is being questioned to determine his motives, the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry says the tourists were rushed to a local hospital. It gave no further details and did not provide the nationalities of the tourists.
An Egyptian security official quoted by Associated Press said the victims of the attack included the two Ukrainian tourists, three from Serbia and one from Poland. It is believed the Ukrainian victims were both women.
The official said the attacker stabbed the tourists in the face, neck, and feet. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorised to speak to the media. He did not provide more details.
The head of the consular department of Ukraine's foreign ministry, Vasil Kyrylych, declined comment pending official information from Egypt.
The Interior Ministry said a preliminary investigation showed the man appeared to have swam from a nearby public beach to access the holiday resort.
Hurghada stretches for 40km of Egypt's Red Sea coast and is renowned for scuba diving. It is a hub for tourism, with many resorts, restaurants, bars and nightclubs.
The attack came hours after five policemen were shot to death in Cairo's twin city of Giza when suspected Islamic militants opened fire on their vehicle early in the morning.
Egypt's security forces are fighting an Islamist insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula and militants have carried out attacks in the past on the tourism industry.
In January 2016, two assailants armed with a gun, a knife and a suicide belt landed on the beach of a hotel in Hurghada, wounding two foreign tourists, security sources said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/14/tourists-wounded-egypt-beach-resort-stabbing-police/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...hada-cairo-shooting-police-giza-a7841511.html
