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Second militant group claims Sharm el-Sheikh bombings
www.chinaview.cn 2005-07-25 17:37:35

    CAIRO, July 25 (Xinhuanet) -- A second militant group has claimed in an Internet statement deadly bombings that rocked the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday.

    The group, calling itself Mujahedeen Egypt, said it had carried out the attacks to drive Jews and Christians out of the country. It also named the five attackers.

    Soon after the attacks, an al-Qaida linked group claimed responsibility in a statement posted on the same website.

    The group, calling itself the al-Qaida Organization in the Levant and Egypt, said the attacks were against "crimes committed against Muslims."

    The authenticity of the two claims would not be verified.

    According to official figures, Saturday's attacks killed at least 64 people and injured more than 124, although hospitalofficials confirmed 88 were dead.

    Interior Minister Habib Ibrahim el-Adli has said that Saturday's attacks might be linked to Sinai blasts last October, which killed 34 people and wounded over 100, many of them Israelis. Enditem

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