[Mb-civic] Blasts in Egypt Kill at Least 65 - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

<>Blasts in Egypt Kill at Least 65
More Than 200 Injured as Explosions Rock Red Sea Resort Crowded With 
Tourists

By Anthony Shadid
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 23, 2005; 5:33 AM

CAIRO, July 23 - At least three explosions Saturday ripped through the 
Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, one of Egypt's most popular tourist 
destinations, killing at least 65 people and wounding 200 more, police 
and witnesses said.

Residents reached by telephone said the explosions, at least one 
detonated by a car bomb, were audible miles away. They shattered windows 
and unleashed pandemonium in the resort, which is crowded with Israeli, 
European and Egyptian tourists in the hot summer months. Residents said 
fireballs shot into the nighttime sky, followed by white and gray smoke 
that hovered over buildings, which sit along the scenic southern tip of 
the Sinai Peninsula.

In a statement late Saturday morning, the Interior Ministry said 65 
people were killed and 200 wounded in three explosions.

<>"It's a mess," Mohammed Abbas, who lives near one of the bombing 
sites, said by phone. "My first impression when I saw the smoke coming 
from the hotel was that a boiler had exploded. It was so strong. All the 
glass of the shops and offices were destroyed."

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