2016 Hurghada attack
| 2016 Hurghada attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Sinai insurgency | |
Location of Red Sea Governorate in Egypt. | |
| Location | Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| Coordinates | 27°15′28″N 33°48′42″E / 27.25778°N 33.81167°E |
| Date | 8 January 2016 (UTC+02:00) |
Attack type | Stabbing |
| Deaths | 1 attacker |
| Injured | 2 foreign tourists, 1 attacker |
| Perpetrators | Islamic State – Sinai Province |
| Motive | terrorism |
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On 8 January 2016, two suspected militants, armed with a melee weapon and a signal flare, allegedly arrived by sea and stormed the Bella Vista Hotel in the Red Sea city of Hurghada, Egypt, stabbing two foreign tourists from Austria and one from Sweden. (Early reports incorrectly stated that the victims were one German and one Danish national.) One of the attackers, 21-year-old student Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Mahfouz, was killed by police as he tried to take a woman hostage. The other attacker was injured. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility.