In an attack on a tourist bus in Egypt at least 17 people have been injured. An IED exploded in the vicinity of the pyramids of Giza on a road.
state officials, who did not want to be named, reported the attack on Sunday. The Bus had transported at least 25 people, mostly from South Africa, it was called. Among the Wounded tourists were.
At the Swiss Federal Department of foreign Affairs (FDFA) it was called at the request of the news Agency Keystone SDA, the representation in Cairo is in contact with local authorities, according to their statements, there is no Swiss victims.
The Bus was driving on a road in the vicinity of the construction site for the Grand Egyptian Museum, reported to state officials. Security forces had cordoned off the site of the Explosion.
wounded in hospital care
The injured had been taken to a nearby hospital. The Explosion had damaged the windshield of another car. On the Internet spread shots destroyed the Windows of the bus were to be seen.
The Egyptian state for years fought on the Sinai Peninsula, Islamic extremists. Sometimes other parts of the country of the insurgency have been affected, and the extremists have perpetrated violence against Christians or tourists.
The travel industry had suffered after the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi by the military in 2013, and mass protests in the country, in the past few months, but recovered.
The attack was the second on tourists in the vicinity of the famous pyramids within half a year. In December, an explosive device detected a Bus with 15 Vietnamese tourists, of which at least three were killed. (sep/AFP)
Created: 19.05.2019, 16:56 PM