Attack type stabbing Non-fatal injuries 3 foreign tourists | Deaths 1 attacker | |
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Location Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt Date 8 January 2016 (UTC+02:00) | ||
On 8 January 2016, two militants, armed with a melee weapon and a signal flare, arrived by sea and stormed the Bella Vista Hotel in the Red Sea city of Hurghada, stabbing two foreign tourists from Austria and one from Sweden. (Early reports incorrectly stated that the victims were one German and one Danish national.) One of the attackers, 21-year-old student Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Mahfouz, was killed by the security personnel. The other attacker was injured. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility.
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