Cops nab 10 after Egypt blasts
2006-04-25 14:27
Dahab - Egyptian police on
Tuesday detained 10 people in connection with the explosions in
the resort town of Dahab that officially killed 18 people, an Egyptian
security source said.
He gave no further details about those detained.
Earlier, officials revised an earlier count of 23 people killed in the the triple bombings in Egypt's popular Red Sea resort of Dahab.
Health minister Hatem al-Gebali was quoted by Egyptian state television as saying that 18 people had been killed and 83 wounded in the attacks.
Security sources confirmed the revised count, adding that some body parts had been attributed to different people when in fact they belonged to the same victim.
The security official said: "Twelve Egyptians and six foreigners, including a Swiss national, a Russian, a Lebanese and five-year-old German child."
According to a security official, at least two of the three explosions that rocked the Sinai resort shortly after 19:00 on Monday were caused by suicide bombers. - AFP/Reuters
- News24