Egypt denies arrests of 30 suspects over Taba blast
10/10/2004 9:27
An Egyptian security official on Saturday denied reports that Egypt had
arrested 30 suspects in connection with the blast that rocked Taba Hilton in
South Sinai Thursday night, the official MENA news agency
reported. "Investigations are still underway by a team of investigators, who
arrived in Taba on Friday and began examining the scene of the blast," a
security source was quoted as saying. The source added that all details of
the blast are expected to be unveiled after the end of the
investigations. MENA reported earlier that an Egyptian presidential spokesman
said Saturday that it is still too early to say who were behind the
blasts. The Egyptian security agencies were exerting utmost efforts to
unravel all aspects of the attacks, but it is still too early to talk about how
the explosives reached the site of the blast, who were behind the attacks and
why they did this, Maged Abdel Fattah was quoted as saying. A deadly blast
Thursday night rocked Hilton Taba hotel in Egypt's Sinai Peninsular, which was
popular with Israeli tourists. Shortly after that, two other blasts occurred at
holiday camps in Ras al-Sultan and Nuwaiba, not far away from
Taba. Casualties vary in media reports. But Egyptian Interior Ministry said
Saturday afternoon that the bombings claimed the lives of 34 people, including
30 in Taba Hilton hotel and four in two other explosions.
Xinhua
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