CAIRO, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Two tourists were killed Friday when a man attacked a group of tourists with a knife in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, state-run Ahram Online website reported.
Earlier in the day, Egyptian ministry of interior said six foreign female tourists were injured in a knife attack in a beach resort of the city.
The ministry said the assailant, who sneaked to the resort from a nearby public beach, was arrested and being interrogated on his motives.
Local media assume that the attack could be a terror act.
Egypt has been suffering waves of terror attacks after the military ousted former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013 in response to mass protests against his one-year rule.
Earlier on Friday, five security personnel were killed when militants opened fire randomly on a checkpoint in Egyptian province of Giza.
The Islamic State branch in North Sinai claimed responsibility for most of the attacks which have so far left hundreds dead.
