European Tourists Stabbed at a Beach Resort in Egypt; 2 Die
By DECLAN WALSHJULY 14, 2017
CAIRO — Two German tourists were killed and four other tourists were wounded at a Red Sea resort on Friday when an assailant swam up to a beach
and stabbed them repeatedly with a knife, Egyptian officials and hospital workers said.
After stabbing four women at one resort, including two Germans in their 60s who later
died, the man swam to an adjacent beach, where he attacked two more women.
Hurghada was the scene of a somewhat similar attack in January 2016, when two Islamic State
sympathizers attacked European tourists on a hotel terrace, wounding three people.
Since then, Russia and Britain have refused to allow their aircraft to fly to Sharm el Sheikh, dealing
a heavy blow to the resort despite extensive security improvements by Egyptian officials.
The attack, which took place in Hurghada, 250 miles south of Cairo, was the first significant attack on foreigners in Egypt in more than a year.
An employee at Sunny Days El Palacio resort, who witnessed the second attack, said the man shouted, "You infidels!" after he struck his victims.
