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| Egypt tourist hotel comes under attack | |
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| At least two foreign tourists have been injured in an attack at a hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada. | At least two foreign tourists have been injured in an attack at a hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada. |
| Egyptian state TV says local security forces repelled the attack and one assailant has been killed. | Egyptian state TV says local security forces repelled the attack and one assailant has been killed. |
| The attack took place at the Bella Vista hotel. Reports vary as to the nationalities of the victims, and whether they were shot or stabbed. | The attack took place at the Bella Vista hotel. Reports vary as to the nationalities of the victims, and whether they were shot or stabbed. |
| Egypt is battling Islamist militants based in the nearby Sinai peninsula, including an Islamic State affiliate. | |
| A spokesman for the UK Foreign Office said they were "urgently investigating" the reports from Hurghada. | |
| He did not know whether any Britons might be affected. | He did not know whether any Britons might be affected. |
| An attack on a bus at a hotel near the Giza pyramids on Thursday was claimed by IS, which said it was targeting "a tourist bus carrying Jews". | |
| Egyptian officials said no-one was hurt in the attack, near Cairo. Arab Israeli tourists were staying at the hotel, reports said. | |
| Hurghada is on the Red Sea coast, across the water from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, from where the Russian passenger plane which crashed in the Sinai peninsula took off on 31 October. | Hurghada is on the Red Sea coast, across the water from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, from where the Russian passenger plane which crashed in the Sinai peninsula took off on 31 October. |
| After that crash, which killed 224 people and was claimed by so-called Islamic State, the UK and other European countries halted flights to Sharm el-Sheikh, citing security fears. | After that crash, which killed 224 people and was claimed by so-called Islamic State, the UK and other European countries halted flights to Sharm el-Sheikh, citing security fears. |
| Russia also stopped all flights to Egypt. | Russia also stopped all flights to Egypt. |