Terrorists strike at Egyptian Resort UPDATED
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On 07/22/05 four bombs in the London subways were fortunately avoided by botched execution on the terrorists part. Now add 07/23/05 SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt.
A rapid series of 4 to 6 car bombs and another blast ripped through a luxury hotel and a coffeeshop in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik early Saturday, killing at least 88, and injuring 200.
Two car bombs, possibly by suicide attackers, went off simultaneously at 1:15 a.m. just more than 2 miles apart. A third bomb, believed hidden in a sack, detonated around the same time near a beachside walkway where tourists often stroll at night.
On the other side of Sharm in the Old Market, another car bomb in a minibus parking lot sent a ball of flaming wreckage shooting over a nearby beach and into the sea and littered the sand with body parts.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, al-Qaida, in Syria and Egypt, has claimed responsibility, and was one of two extremist groups that also claimed responsibility for October bombings at the Egyptian resorts of Taba and Ras Shitan that killed 34. The group also claimed responsbility for a Cairo bombing in late April.
On 07/22/05 four bombs in the London subways were fortunately avoided by botched execution on the terrorists part. Now add 07/23/05 SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt.
A rapid series of 4 to 6 car bombs and another blast ripped through a luxury hotel and a coffeeshop in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik early Saturday, killing at least 88, and injuring 200.
Two car bombs, possibly by suicide attackers, went off simultaneously at 1:15 a.m. just more than 2 miles apart. A third bomb, believed hidden in a sack, detonated around the same time near a beachside walkway where tourists often stroll at night.
On the other side of Sharm in the Old Market, another car bomb in a minibus parking lot sent a ball of flaming wreckage shooting over a nearby beach and into the sea and littered the sand with body parts.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, al-Qaida, in Syria and Egypt, has claimed responsibility, and was one of two extremist groups that also claimed responsibility for October bombings at the Egyptian resorts of Taba and Ras Shitan that killed 34. The group also claimed responsbility for a Cairo bombing in late April.
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