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Deadly blast hits tour bus near Giza pyramids in Egypt | Deadly blast hits tour bus near Giza pyramids in Egypt |
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A roadside blast has killed two Vietnamese tourists and injured 12 other people on a bus near the Giza pyramids in Egypt, the Egyptian ministry of interior says. | A roadside blast has killed two Vietnamese tourists and injured 12 other people on a bus near the Giza pyramids in Egypt, the Egyptian ministry of interior says. |
A bomb hidden beside a wall went off as the bus carrying 14 Vietnamese tourists was passing, it adds. | A bomb hidden beside a wall went off as the bus carrying 14 Vietnamese tourists was passing, it adds. |
Two Egyptians, including the bus driver, are among the injured, according to the ministry. | Two Egyptians, including the bus driver, are among the injured, according to the ministry. |
There were no immediate reports of any group saying it was behind the attack. | |
But Islamist militants have targeted tourists in the past. | |
Two German tourists were stabbed to death at a hotel in the popular Red Sea resort of Hurghada last year. | |
Tourism is a mainstay of the economy. | |
What do we know of Friday's attack? | What do we know of Friday's attack? |
The bomb went off at about 18:15 (16:45 GMT) on Maryoutiya Street in Giza's Haram district, the interior ministry says. | The bomb went off at about 18:15 (16:45 GMT) on Maryoutiya Street in Giza's Haram district, the interior ministry says. |
Security forces rushed to the scene in response and police are investigating. | |
How has tourism fared in Egypt in recent years? | |
It peaked in 2010, when the country saw more than 14 million visitors, but fell sharply after the turmoil of the Arab Spring the following year. | |
Worse was to come after militants bombed a Russian passenger jet in 2015 as it left Sharm el Sheikh, killing 224 people. | |
The following year just 5.3 million tourists visited, according to the World Bank. | |
However, the sector has since recovered and 8.3 million people visited in 2017, the Financial Times reports. | |
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told visiting Vietnamese leaders in May that he was keen to revive Vietnamese tourism in his country, according to Egypt Today. |