EGYPT - Triple blasts rock Egypt resort

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Tuesday, 25 April 2006,

05:21 GMT 06:21 UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Triple

blasts rock Egypt resort

 

 

 

 

 

 

At least 23 people - including three foreigners - have been killed and

62 wounded in three blasts in the Egyptian resort town of Dahab, officials

say.

The explosions occurred in a bustling area popular with tourists

during the early evening when many people would have been out in cafes and

restaurants.

Eyewitnesses spoke of seeing debris

and body parts in the streets.

Southern Sinai peninsula resorts have been hit before. About 60

people were killed in Sharm el-Sheikh last July.

Most of the dead were Egyptians, who had been enjoying a Spring

holiday in Dahab when the attacks occurred. A German boy was among three

foreigners killed.

Some officials were quoted as saying the attacks were the work

of suicide bombers, but others said it was too early to say. There has been

no immediate claim of responsibility.

The attacks received swift international

condemnation.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak called the explosions a

" wicked terrorist act " , and US President George W

Bush described it as " heinous " .

The Hamas-led Palestinian government said it " strongly

condemns this criminal act which flouts our religion, shakes Palestinian

national security and works against Arab interests " .

Israel's ambassador in Cairo urged Israelis

in Sinai to leave immediately, and a stream of Israeli cars were reportedly

heading to the Israeli border at Taba by late evening.

'Like

war'

The three explosions happened in quick succession at about 1900

(1700GMT) in what is a

small, low-key resort popular with Western backpackers, budget Israeli

tourists and scuba-divers.

Several restaurants, shops and a supermarket were destroyed in

the main tourist street close to the seafront during one of the busiest times

of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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