| 2016 Hurghada attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Sinai insurgency | |
.svg) 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 |
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.[1][2] (Early reports incorrectly stated that the victims were one German and one Danish national.)[3] 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.[4] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility.[5][6]
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