Egypt steps up security in Hurghada following deadly beach attack

‘The Egyptian police have stepped up security in the port of Hurghada as investigators search for motives in a high-profile attack targeting foreigners in the prestigious beach of the Red Sea city.
Police said on Saturday that the man who stabbed to death two German women and wounded four others in Hurghada a day earlier had sneaked into the hotel by swimming from a nearby shore.
Security was tight in Hurghada, one of Egypt’s most popular beach resorts for foreigners, as police patrolled streets and troops were deployed outside hotels.
Officials said the attacker, identified as 28-year-old Abdel-Rahman, a business graduate from Kafr al-Sheikh province, had confessed to sharing the ideology of Daesh, a Takfiri group operating mainly in Iraq and Syria that has also established a branch in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The group has yet to claim responsibility for the attack in Hurghada.’
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