Three foreign tourists were injured in a commando-style suspected terror attack on a hotel in Egypt's Red Sea resort town of Hurghada Friday. The injured tourists are reportedly in a stable condition.
Two unidentified assailants stormed into the Bella Vista Hotel and stabbed three foreign tourists, two Austrians and one Swede. They reportedly entered the hotel through the outdoor restaurant located at the entrance of the hotel, The Guardian reported.
"The tourists -- two Austrians and a Swede - have suffered knife wounds but they are in stable condition," said Khaled Megahed, a spokesperson from the health ministry, according to AFP.
One of the attackers was killed by security forces, the interior ministry said in a statement. The ministry also identified the slain assailant as 21-year-old student Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Mahfouz, Al Jazeera reported.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which came a day after an ISIS-inspired attack on a hotel near the Giza Pyramids. A group of attackers reportedly fired birdshot at security forces outside the hotel.
"The first thing they fired was flares, and then they started firing at the bus. Later they started firing birdshot at the hotel and tried to throw Molotov cocktails at the bus," an eyewitness said, according to the Associated Press.
No one was wounded in the attack, which was claimed by an Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
