CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt said it had arrested five suspects accused of carrying out a wave of deadly car bomb attacks in Red Sea resorts almost three weeks ago.
At least 32 people were killed in the bombing of the Taba Hilton hotel just across the border from Israel and two other tourist resorts along the Red Sea coast of Egypt's Sinai peninsula on October 7.
The interior ministry said two bombers had been killed while carrying out the attacks, naming them as Palestinian Iyad Said Saleh, who lived in the Sinai and Egyptian national Suleiman Ahmed Saleh.
Both were in the car bomb when it exploded at the hotel, the ministry said.
Egypt has launched a manhunt for another two suspects who are still at large, including a man identified as Mohamed Ahmed Saleh, said to have played a direct role in the bombings, and Hammad Gomaan Gomaa.
The Sinai bombings were the deadliest attacks on Egyptian soil in years and occurred as thousands of Israelis were in the Sinai for a Jewish holiday. Many of the victims were Israelis.
The five arrested suspects are all Egyptians, the ministry said, identifying them as Mohamed Ahmed al-Seweirki, Ihab Mahmud Eid, Hamdan Salama Salem, Mohamed Sabbah Hussein and Mohamed Abdallah Rubaa.
10/25/2004 - 13:21 GMT - AFP