Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou said on Friday that two Austrians and a Swedish national suffered minor wounds in the attack that targeted a hotel in the Red Sea city of Hurghada.

The minister told MENA that an operations room is following up the developments of the incident.

Earlier in the day, security forces foiled a terrorist attempt to storm Bella Vista Resort Hurghada.

An attacker was shot dead while the other one was severely injured, a security source said.

Source: MENA