Terror struck a security checkpoint in Giza province on Friday,
killing five policemen, as Egyptian security and medical sources said
that two German tourists were stabbed to death and four others were
wounded at two separate beach resorts in the city of Hurghada near the
Red Sea.
The sources said: "One of the assailants stabbed to death the two
tourists at the beach, then swam to a nearby beach resort and stabbed
two other tourists, injuring an Armenian woman and a Czech national.”
The Egyptian Interior Ministry said later it arrested the attacker and was still investigating his motive.
While no party claimed responsibility for the attack, observers
believe that ISIS stands behind the two incidents in Egypt. The
terrorist organization is known for calling on its militants to kill
using kitchen knifes and to run over people by vehicle.
It was the first major attack on foreign tourists in more than a year as Egypt struggles to revive its tourism industry.
The Hurghada attack came only few hours after five policemen were
killed when terrorists ambushed Egyptian security officials in the
famous pyramids area near Cairo.
The ministry said three gunmen opened fire on a police car and then fled, killing two policemen and three conscripts.
It said the gunmen, riding a motorcycle, hit the five policemen with
machine gun fires. They later fled the scene after one policeman who was
near the location returned fire.
Security sources said surveillance cameras showed the attackers also seizing the policemen’s weapons.
Meanwhile, an official source at the Saudi Foreign Ministry expressed
on Friday the Kingdom’s strong condemnation of the terror attack
targeting the security checkpoint in the Giza province.
The source offered condolences to the families of the victims and to
the government and people of Egypt, reaffirming Riyadh’s solidarity with
Cairo.
