Chinese president condemns bombings in Egypt
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-04-25 10:52
RABAT -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday condemned three explosions in
Egypt's Red Sea resort of Dahab and offered condolences to families of the
victims and sympathy to the wounded.
In the message to Egyptian
President Muhammed Hosni Mubarak, Hu said the Chinese government condemned the
terrorist bombings and strongly opposed all kinds of terrorism.
China is
ready to strengthen the cooperation with the international community, including
Egypt, to continue battling terrorism and safeguard world peace and stability,
Hu said.
The Chinese president sent the condolence message during his
state visit to Morocco.
The three bombings in Dahab killed 23 people,
including three foreigners, and wounded 62 others on Monday, the Egyptian
Interior Ministry said.
But Egyptian police and medics said earlier that
at least 30 people were killed and more than 150 others wounded after three
remote-controlled bombs went off almost simultaneously at around 7:15 p.m. local
time (1715 GMT) Monday in the tourist town in southeast Sinai peninsular.
It was the second such attack since last July when a series of bombings
hit Sinai's most popular Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing at least
60.
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