Image copyright EPA Image caption Hurghada is a popular resort renowned for its scuba diving

Two German tourists have been killed in stabbings at a hotel beach in the popular Red Sea resort of Hurghada, Egyptian officials say.

At least four other people were injured and a man has been arrested.

The suspect is being questioned by police to determine his motives, the interior ministry said.

The knifeman initially killed the two women before injuring two other tourists at the Zahabia hotel, officials told Reuters news agency.

He then swam to a nearby beach and attacked and wounded two more people at the Sunny Days El Palacio resort before he was overpowered by staff and arrested.

"He had a knife with him and stabbed each of them three times in the chest. They died on the beach," El Palacio hotel Security Manager Saud Abdelaziz said.

Mr Abdelaziz said the injured include two Czechs and two Armenians. All are now being treated in hospital.

The attacker's motive was still under investigation, the interior ministry said.

"He was looking for foreigners and he didn't want any Egyptians," a member of staff at the Zahabia hotel said.

Three foreign tourists were stabbed at the same resort, renowned for its scuba diving, in January 2016 by two suspected militants from the Islamic State militant group (IS).

Image copyright EPA Image caption Emergency services were quick to arrive at the scene of the attacks

Image copyright AFP Image caption Hurghada has a high number of foreign tourists

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Initial reports had said those killed were Ukrainian, but Ukrainian officials denied this.

It is unclear whether the attacker had any links to jihadist groups or whether he was psychologically disturbed, officials said.

Egypt's security forces are dealing with an Islamist uprising in the country's Sinai Peninsula. The tourist industry has been targeted by militants in North Africa over the past few years.

A Russian passenger plane was brought down by a bomb in the peninsula in October 2015, killing all 224 people on board.

In June 2015 at least 39 people, mostly foreigners, were killed and 36 injured in an attack on a beach in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse.</s>Two German female tourists who were among the six wounded in a stabbing attack in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada have died. An Egyptian security official corrected an earlier report that said the tourists were Ukrainian.

The official says the two women died shortly after the attack on Friday. The attacker stabbed six foreign tourists at a Hurghada hotel after swimming up to the hotel from another beach.

The official gave no further details on the four wounded. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media.

Earlier, the Interior Ministry said that the assailant was arrested immediately after the stabbings took place.</s>Two Ukrainian tourists have been killed in mass stabbings at a hotel in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, Egyptian medical officials say.

At least four other people were injured and a man has been arrested.

The suspect is being questioned by police to determine his motives, the interior ministry said.

The attacker appears to have swum from a nearby public beach to gain access to the resort, officials say. Hurghada is a popular Egyptian holiday resort.

It is renowned for its scuba diving.

Three foreign tourists were stabbed at the same resort in January 2016 by two suspected militants from the so-called Islamic State (IS) group.</s>Two tourists were killed and four others were injured Friday in a knife attack in Egypt’s Red Sea resort town of Hurghada, Egyptian state-run news agency Al-Ahram reported.

Al-Ahram initially reported that the two slain tourists were Ukrainian. However, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry official Vasyl Kyrylych told CNN that this is not the case, citing what police told his country’s embassy in Egypt. As of Friday night, no further details on the victims were available.

An assailant with a knife attacked six female tourists in a beach resort area of the town, Egypt’s Interior Ministry said earlier about the incident.

A suspect has been arrested, and victims were taken to a hospital, the ministry said.

Investigators believe the attacker swam from a public beach, according to the ministry.

No names were released, and details about a motive for the attack or the injured victims’ conditions weren’t available.

Friday’s attack comes more than a year after a similar attack in the same town. In January 2016, two men injured at least three European tourists in a stabbing at a hotel, authorities said then.

Hurghada is situated along eastern Egypt’s Red Sea coast, about 250 miles southeast of Cairo.</s>Egypt stabbing: Two have died and four injured during a stabbing attack this afternoon

Six foreign tourists have been stabbed by a knifeman at an Egyptian beach resort - the interior minister confirmed the attack on a beach in the Red Sea resort town of Hurghada.

The assailant has been arrested and is being questioned to determine his motives, according to a statement from the ministry. The attacker's motives are as-yet unclear and there is no official word on whether or not this is a terrorist attack. It is believed the victims are all female.

Around 231,000 British nationals visited Egypt in 2016 and most visits are trouble-free. However, holidaymakers will no doubt be questioning how safe Egypt is after the incident which has striking similarities to the attack the popular resort of Port El Kantaoui in Tunisia back in June 2015.

Thomas Cook fly to the 'luxury resort town' and describe it on their website as having, "shallow white sand beaches perfect for paddling".

They told Express.co.uk: "Thomas Cook is aware of a knife attack that has taken place on the beach in Hurghada in Egypt. We are working with our team on the ground to gather further information. At this stage there is no indication that any British tourists are involved."</s>An attacker wounded six female tourists when he attacked them with a knife on a beach in Egypt's Red Sea resort town of Hurghada on Friday, the interior ministry said.

The assailant has been arrested and is being questioned to determine his motives, the ministry said in a statement.

Their nationalities were not immediately clear, but at least one of the tourists is a dual Ukrainian-Russian national, according to Russian media citing the consulate in Egypt.

The ministry said the assailant swam to the beach before attacking the tourists.

In January 2016, three tourists in Hurghada were wounded in a stabbing attack by two assailants with apparent Islamic State group sympathies.

Hurghada is one of Egypt's most popular beach resorts, especially with Ukrainians and European tourists.

Security has been boosted in tourist resorts around the country, as the industry provides Egypt with much needed revenues.

An Islamic State group bombing of a Russian airliner carrying holidaymakers from a south Sinai resort in 2015 killed all 224 people on board and decimated the country's tourism sector.

Russia suspended all flights to Egypt in response and has yet to resume them.

IS has been waging a deadly insurgency based in the north of the Sinai Peninsula that has killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers.</s>Other victims have been taken to nearby hospitals and their nationalities are still unknown.

Two Ukrainian tourists were killed in the attack, as it emerges the knifeman appeared to to have swam from a nearby public beach to access the holiday resort.

The interior minister confirmed the attack on a beach in the Red Sea resort town of Hurghada.

The assailant has been arrested and is being questioned to determine his motives, according to a statement from the ministry.

A spokesman for Thomas Cook, who offer holidays in Hughada said: “Thomas Cook is aware of a knife attack that has taken place on the beach in Hurghada in Egypt. We are working with our team on the ground to gather further information. At this stage there is no indication that any British tourists are involved.”

Hurghada is one of Egypt’s tourist hubs and stretches for 25 miles (40km) along the country’s Red Sea coast. As well as being renowned for scuba diving, it also has a host of resorts, restaurants, bars and nightclubs.</s>Unidentified attacker swims from public beach to holiday resort in Hurghada, stabbing six foreigners.

Two female Ukrainian tourists have been killed and four other foreigners wounded by an unidentified attacker with a knife at an Egyptian Red Sea holiday resort, according Egypt's interior ministry and hospital sources.

The ministry said the assailant was arrested immediately, but the motive for Friday's attack in Hurghada was still under investigation.

It also said the attacker had swum from a nearby public beach to access the holiday resort.

The four wounded victims included three tourists from Serbia and one from Poland, according to an Egyptian security official quoted by the AP news agency.

The source also told AP the attacker stabbed the tourists in the face, neck and feet. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media.

Vasil Kyrylych, the head of the consular department of Ukraine's foreign ministry, declined comment about the two Ukrainian victims pending official information from Egypt.

A similar attack took place in Hurghada in January 2016 when two attackers armed with a gun, a knife and a suicide belt landed on the beach of a hotel, wounding two foreign tourists, according to security sources.</s>YEREVAN (A.W.)—Two Armenian citizens were wounded in a knife attack at a hotel in the Egyptian city of Hurghada. According to several reports, an unknown assailant attacked tourists in the Hurghada hotel on July 14, killing two female tourists and injuring four others.

“According to preliminary information, two citizens of Armenia have been wounded in the Hurghada incident,” Armenian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Tigran Balayan announced via Twitter.

The two tourists who were killed are reported to be Ukrainian nationals.

The knife attack comes a year and a half after a similar attack in the same town. Last January, two men injured three tourists in a stabbing at another hotel.

Hurghada is located along eastern Egypt’s Red Sea coast, approximately 250 miles southeast of Cairo.</s>CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian security official says six foreign tourist, were wounded when a man attacked them with a knife in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

Three of the tourists were from Serbia, two from Ukraine and one from Poland.

The official says the attacker stabbed the tourists in the face, neck, and feet. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the media.

He did not provide more details.

Earlier, the Interior Ministry said the assailant was arrested immediately after Friday’s stabbings. It says the initial investigation shows the man sneaked into a hotel by swimming from a nearby beach and attacked the tourists. The motive for his attack was not known.
Two female tourists are killed and four others are wounded in a mass stabbing attack at a hotel in Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate. The attacker is detained.