SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adli said here Saturday that attacks in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh might be linked to the Taba blasts of 2004.

    Adli said some clues have been found that might help find who carried out these attacks, which indicate a link between the explosions and the Taba blasts in the Sinai peninsula on Oct. 7, 2004, which killed 34 people and injured more than 100.

    Adli inspected the sites hit in the Sharm el-Sheikh attacks as rescue operations were underway, especially in the Ghazala hotel. He said no link between the London explosions and Saturday's Sharm el-Sheikh blasts has been established, adding he can not at the present identify those who carried out the explosions or affirm to which organizations they belong.

    "We will follow up the investigations and use all clues which can lead us to those criminals," Adli said. "Terror crimes
necessitate more cooperation among countries to face these phenomenon and uproot it."

    The minister asserted that the explosions will have no effect on the presidential election due in September, saying he will be following up in person the investigations.

    At least 62 people, including eight foreigners, were killed in a string of bomb attacks that rocked the Red Sea resort early Saturday.

    Egyptian Health Minister Mohammad Awad Tag Eddin said the death toll could rise. Enditem