French tourist killed in Egypt
January 29th, 2012 - 8:27 am ICT by IANSCairo, Jan 29 (IANS) A 42-year-old French tourist was killed by robbers at a currency exchange shop in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Xinhua reported.
The masked gunmen robbed the shop and exchanged fire with the security forces.
Two others, a German tourist and an Egyptian citizen, were injured.
The French man was shot in his stomach and legs.
Sharm El-Sheikh, one of the most famous tourist resorts in Egypt, attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists every year.
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