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Egypt hotel attack: One attacker killed, other wounded
(CNN)Two men with knives attacked at least three guests and threatened others at a hotel in the Egyptian coastal city of Hurghada, the country's Ministry of Interior said Friday.

Security forces stationed at the hotel confronted the men as they tried to escape, killing one and seriously wounding the other, according to the ministry's Facebook page.

Previous reporting indicated the men may have had guns, but the Interior Ministry said each man had a knife and a "sound gun," which does not shoot bullets, according to the ministry.

Two Austrian tourists and a Swedish tourist were stabbed as the attackers were fleeing. The maimed were sent to a hospital and one was was treated and released.

There were no details on the conditions of the others.

The attack took place at the Bella Vista Hotel in the city's busy downtown area, state-run news agency
...and if you can't believe the state-run news agency who can you believe?...
 al-Ahram reported.

Hurghada is a resort town along Egypt's Red Sea coast, located about 280 miles (451 kilometers) from Cairo.
This is the second hotel attack on the second day in a row. Yesterday 15-20 miscreants shot up and threw flares and molotov cocktails at a tour bus from Israel carrying what Al Ahram politely referrred to as "1948 Arabs", those who stayed rather than fled to become Palestinians. Nobody was hurt, and the Egyptian authorities played down the incident. This morning Ansar Bayt al Maqdis/ISIS in the Sinai claimed to have inspired that attack on what they fondly believed to have been "the Jews".
Ynet adds:
The assailants arrived by sea to carry out the assault, the sources said.
While according to Al Ahram:
Both men were able to enter the hotel through a restaurant facing the street, according to the police statement.
Fog of reporting, I guess.

Posted by: Fred 2016-01-09
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