Bloodbath at Luxor. (Islamic extremists murder 62 people, all but four being foreigners, at an Egyptian tourist site)(Brief Article)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: November 22, 1997 | Copyright information

THE carnage was abominable. With savage efficiency, the killers sprayed arcs of gunfire into the throng of tourists outside the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Luxor, then lingered to finish off survivors with knives-and to dance over their victims' bodies. They left 62 people dead-all but four of them foreigners-and the Egyptian government scrambling to stem the haemorrhage of its own credibility as well as of Egypt's vital tourist revenue.

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