CAIRO: Egyptian security forces on Tuesday shot dead two men named as members of a group behind deadly bombings in Sinai tourist resorts, security sources said. The security forces shot Ibrahim Hamid and his brother Sami in northern Sinai, where the authorities say the militant group was based. A gun battle started when police arrived to arrest the men south of the town of El-Arish. The wife of one of the suspects was also killed. More than 20 tourists and Egyptian workers were killed in an attack in April at the Red Sea resort of Dahab. The authorities have said a group called Twahid wal Jihad was responsible. The authorities blame the same group for bombings in Sharm El-Sheikh last July which killed 64 and the 2004 attacks on Taba and beach camps further south which killed 34. Egypt has described the group as Sinai Bedouins with militant Islamic views. Reuters
Police kill two wanted for Sinai attacks
