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EGYPT: Unidentified knifeman stabs 2 tourists to death, wounds 4 others

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EGYPT: Unidentified knifeman stabs 2 tourists to death, wounds 4 others

There was pandemonium at an Egyptian Red Sea holiday resort when an unidentified knifeman swam from a public beach to a holiday resort in Hurghada, stabbing two foreigners to death and wounding four others.

The attacker said to be in his 20’s was immediately arrested according to security operatives who are still investigating the motive of the attack by the lone assailant.

According to a security official, the attacker who was dressed in a black T-shirt and blue jeans, wielded a knife and intentionally sought to attack foreigners.

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He shouted in Arabic during the attack: “Stay away, I don’t want Egyptians.”

The attack which happened at Sunny Days El Palacio hotel saw the knifeman stab the tourists in the face, neck and feet.

The dead were first identified as Ukrainian, but Major General Mohamed El-Hamzawi, Red Sea region’s security manager, later said they were German.

 

 

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