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This Article is From Jul 15, 2017

Berlin 'Dismayed And Furious' Over Murder Of 2 German Women In Egypt

An Egyptian man stabbed the two German tourists to death and wounded four others on Friday at a popular seaside vacation spot on the Red Sea, officials and witnesses said.

Berlin 'Dismayed And Furious' Over Murder Of 2 German Women In Egypt
2 German tourists were stabbed to death at an Egyptian beach resort yesterday (Reuters)
Berlin: German officials said on Saturday they had been left "dismayed and furious" by the stabbing of two German women at an Egyptian beach resort, calling it a deliberate attack on foreign tourists.

An Egyptian man stabbed the two German tourists to death and wounded four others on Friday at a popular seaside vacation spot on the Red Sea, officials and witnesses said.

"We now have the sad certainty that two German women were killed in the attack in Hurghada," a foreign ministry spokeswoman said.

"According to what we know, the act was a deliberate attack on foreign tourists - a particularly devious and criminal act that leaves us sad, dismayed and furious," she added.

(Reporting by Michael Nienaber; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
© Thomson Reuters 2017


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