THE BLOODY TRAIL OF THE HOLIDAY-KILLER
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In Hurghada (Egypt), a local attacker stabs tourists, killing two women from Lower Saxony. Apparently, the perpetrator was a supporter of the terrorist group ISIS, and he allegedly has received orders for the bloodshed shortly before.
It is Fridays afternoon 2pm. In the Egyptian seaside resort of Hurghada the sky is cloudless, the thermometer shows 38 degrees, light wind, the water is warm as in a bathtub. Ingrid M. and her friend Susanne K. (56) lie relaxed on the beach of the "Zahabia" hotel. Suddenly, a man with dark curls emerges from the water in front of them.
He pulls a knife from his backpack and stabs the two German women, shouting, "You unbelievers!" According to information from "Spiegel Online" he would have addressed them in German before.
In contrast to the first terrorist attack on the Red Sea more than a year ago, when two Islamists stabbed three holidaymakers in a hotel lobby, no one gets in the way of this assassin.
Abdel-Rahman Shams el-Din (28) had his attack well planned. Through a neglected site next to the "Zahabia" hotel, the student reached the sea unseen. Then he swam fully clothed (gray t-shirt, black trousers) around the border wall of the hotel and came to the private beach.
An eyewitness to BILD am SONNTAG: "After he had stabbed the first two women, he calmly went on. He then attacked two other women before he disappeared." El-Din swam to the neighboring "Sunny Days El Palacio Hotel", and stabbed two more victims. He shouted, "Stay away, I do not want any Egyptians."
After that, the perpetrator tried to flee, but he was knocked down at last by a hotel employee with a paddle and overwhelmed .
Among friends and acquaintances of the two dead women, rage and grief about the attack prevail . Many of them come from Hurghada. Ingrid M. had a small apartment there.
The enthusiastic diver (about 900 dives) was several times a year in Hurghada. With her longtime friend Susanne K., she shared a passion for Egypt.
Redsea dive staff writes on Facebook: "We are in shock ... If two people who were our friends were so unnecessarily ripped out of their lives, then no more is left than absolute bewilderment."
BBM
:rose: RIP Ingrid and Susanne :rose: