28 Foreigners Injured in Egypt Blasts
Politics | July 23, 2005, Saturday
Video grab from shows people carrying away a body bag after a blast in Sharm el- Sheikh. At least 50 people died when a string of suspected car bombs ripped through bazaars and tourist hotels in the Egyptian Red Sea resort. Photo by El Masriya and Nile TV
Twenty-eight foreigners were among those wounded in bomb explosions in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday, the Tourism Ministry spokeswoman said.
At least 49 people were killed in a series of powerful explosions early Saturday in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, according to Egyptian state television and wire service reports.
The spokeswoman said she could not give figures for non-Egyptians killed in the explosions.
Police say there were up to seven almost simultaneous bomb attacks on the popular Sinai resort, at the peak of the tourist season.
The wounded included 13 Italians, five Britons, three Spaniards, three Saudis, a Ukrainian, a Russian, a Turk and an Israeli Arab, spokeswoman Hala el-Khatib said.
At least 49 people were killed in a series of powerful explosions early Saturday in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, according to Egyptian state television and wire service reports.
The spokeswoman said she could not give figures for non-Egyptians killed in the explosions.
Police say there were up to seven almost simultaneous bomb attacks on the popular Sinai resort, at the peak of the tourist season.
The wounded included 13 Italians, five Britons, three Spaniards, three Saudis, a Ukrainian, a Russian, a Turk and an Israeli Arab, spokeswoman Hala el-Khatib said.
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