Tourists injured in attack on Red Sea resort hotel in Egypt

By Euronews

Published on 08/01/2016 - 22:25

Two attackers armed with a gun, knife and suicide belt have launched an assault at the entrance to a popular hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of

Two attackers armed with a gun, knife and suicide belt have launched an assault at the entrance to a popular hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

#Egypte again
affected by terrorism #Hurghada ☹ pic.twitter.com/ige4z0W4ZN
— Diiiëgovc (@Diiegovc) January 8, 2016

Two tourists were injured during the attack.

#Hurghada #Egypt: Pics released by Al-Bawaba pic.twitter.com/67hHRBh8XG
— Majd Khalifeh (@Majd_Khalifeh) January 8, 2016

Both gunmen have been shot dead by security forces. An ISIL flag has been recovered from the scene.

Photo reportedly of the #ISIS flag & explosive device belonging to the hotel attackers in #Hurghada #Egypt pic.twitter.com/VYOrq5mStV
— IraqiSuryani (@IraqiSuryani1) January 8, 2016

The assailants are believed to have arrived by sea. A German and Danish national are being treated for their wounds.

Egypt is in the middle of a wave of Islamist militancy.

#Egypt attack on tourist bus in front of Barcelona #Cairo pyramids hotel this morning pic.twitter.com/k6rfj2Cuqd
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Last October a Russian passenger jet was downed flying from the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh to St Petersburg.

Egypt found no evidence of terrorism, but Russia and the West believe a bomb exploded on aircraft. All 224 people on board were killed.

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