The casualties toll rose to three injured in an attack on a Hurghada Resort Friday night. The injuries include three tourists, two Austrian and one Swedish, according to the Ministry of Interior's official statement. Ministry of Health spokesperson Khaled Megahed told state-run newspaper Ahram that the injured nationalities were two Swedish and one Austrian. The three injured tourists were sent to the hospital in Hurghada for treatment and one of them left the hospital immediately after being treated. The attack came a day after gunmen attacked tourists visiting the Great Pyramids of Giza Thursday morning. There were no casualties reported but the attack destroyed the facade of a famous hotel located near the ancient touristic site. The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack, which reportedly included Israeli tourists. Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou headed to Hurghada Saturday morning to follow up on the incident consequences. He also met with the governor of the Red Sea to discuss plans related to security and increased pre-emptive security measures in relevance with touristic facilities. No one has claimed responsibility for the Friday attack yet. The Ministry of Interior's statement said one of the assailants was killed, Mohamed Hassan Mahfouz, 21, while other armed men were severely injured during the security forces attempts to chase the assailants. The assailants entered the hotel through a restaurant facing the street carrying melee weapons to threat hotel guests. After the attack, police forces blocked all roads leading to the hotel and ordered the closure of nearby shops. Al-Azhar condemned that attack in an official statement and said it is against Islamic religion values and ethics. It emphasised that such terrorist attacks "will never succeed to stop the country's development or threat its stability and security". A Russian passenger plane that carried 224 Russian tourists crashed in North Sinai on 31 October, which left no survivors. The incident was considered a blow to the tourism industry in Egypt. Many tourists fled in response when flights were temporarily suspended between Egypt's Sharm Al-Sheikh and Moscow and also to the UK.
