Easter Terror Attack on Egyptian Resort Town

One day after Osama the vampire excreted his latest message three simultaneous explosions  in the tourist bazaar area of the Egyptian Sinai resort town of Dahab on Monday - part of a five-day spring holiday in Egypt. One of the bombs targeting a hotel there, one exploding in a large market and the third on a bridge.
More than 90 people reported killed or injured in 3 explosions in town of Dahab, an Egyptian Interior Ministry official told CNN. Vital Perspective is live blogging here.

There have been a string of attacks in Egypt's Sinai peninsula over 18 months. They included al-Qaeda-style bombings in the Egyptian resorts of Taba and Ras Shitan in October 2004, killing 34 people, and in Sharm el-Sheik in July 2005, killing 63.

Ha'aretz reports at least 22 dead, 150 injured. Reuters confirms.

UPDATE 4/24 @ 3:10pm: Reuters reports that Egyptian rescue officials now put the death toll at 30. The director of rescue services in South Sinai province put the number of wounded up to 160.

UPDATE: 30 dead, 150 wounded. Witnesses "complete mayhem." Israel on high alert (three Israeli dead.....) Vital Perspective is live blogging here.

An AP update: "Southern Sinai Gov. Maj. Gen. Mohammed Hani put the death toll at 21, including 18 Egyptians. Hani said 62 were wounded while the police put the number at more than 150. The difference could not immediately be explained." Hat tip: Mike

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