The (Landmarks October 18), November 17, 1997, Egypt shooting foreign tourists incident.


military and police carried away the corpse of a terrorist
is at around 10 o'clock on the morning of November 17, 1997, the famous tourist attractions in the city of Luxor, Egypt Hatshepsut temple entrance at six terrorists suddenly rifles crazy fire to the tourists, with more than 60 foreign tourists and Egyptians were killed on the spot and 20 injured. These foreign tourists from Japan, Switzerland, (on TodayOnHistory.com) (history of the TodayOnHistory.com) countries such as Germany and Spain, the attackers fled in the car on the way and who heard the police started shooting, all killed. The day of the incident, a group calling itself the "Islamic Group," the group claimed responsibility for the incident. The next day, Moody's has Mubarak personally site survey, Egyptian security departments to effectively strengthen the security of the tourist area. (History TodayOnHistory.com)