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Saturday, July 23, 2005

Sharm El Sheik: 43 Killed, 130 Wounded

The first bomb apparently set off in the Old Market about 1 AM today. About 15 minutes after, [BBC] other explosions followed in Naama Bay, nearby the Ghazala Garden and Movenpick Hotels. Four bombs are thought to have exploded in Ghazala’s car park [Times]. A second blast at the Old Market was heard after the hotel bombs, soon followed by yet another blast that some reports initially says caused parts of a shopping center to fall.

Earlier this morning a doctor at the Sharm El Sheik International Hospital was quoted [Reuters] confirming 30 dead and more than a hundred wounded. He said many are seriously injured and in a critical condition.