Two German tourists have been killed in stabbings at a hotel beach in the popular Red Sea resort of Hurghada, Egyptian officials say.<\/p>\n
At least four other people were injured and a man has been arrested.<\/p>\n
The suspect is being questioned by police to determine his motives, the interior ministry said.<\/p>\n
The knifeman initially killed the two women before injuring two other tourists at the Zahabia hotel, officials told Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n
He then swam to a nearby beach and attacked and wounded two more people at the Sunny Days El Palacio resort before he was overpowered by staff and arrested.<\/p>\n
“He had a knife with him and stabbed each of them three times in the chest. They died on the beach,” El Palacio hotel Security Manager Saud Abdelaziz said.<\/p>\n
Mr Abdelaziz said the injured include two Czechs and two Armenians. All are now being treated in hospital.
\nThe attacker’s motive was still under investigation, the interior ministry said.<\/p>\n
“He was looking for foreigners and he didn’t want any Egyptians,” a member of staff at the Zahabia hotel said.<\/p>\n
Three foreign tourists were stabbed at the same resort, renowned for its scuba diving, in January 2016 by two suspected militants from the Islamic State militant group (IS).<\/p>\n
Initial reports had said those killed were Ukrainian, but Ukrainian officials denied this.<\/p>\n
It is unclear whether the attacker had any links to jihadist groups or whether he was psychologically disturbed, officials said.<\/p>\n
Egypt’s security forces are dealing with an Islamist uprising in the country’s Sinai Peninsula. The tourist industry has been targeted by militants in North Africa over the past few years.<\/p>\n
A Russian passenger plane was brought down by a bomb in the peninsula in October 2015, killing all 224 people on board.<\/p>\n
In June 2015 at least 39 people, mostly foreigners, were killed and 36 injured in an attack on a beach in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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