Posted on 10/09/2004 11:46:46 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
At least one Russian national is known to have died and eight others injured in Thursday's bomb blasts at an Egyptian hotel, Russian officials say. They say 12 other Russians who reportedly stayed in Taba's Hilton hotel on the Red Sea are missing.
At least 33 people - mostly Israelis and Egyptians - died in the Taba blast and two smaller explosions in the nearby resort of Nuweiba.
Israel suspects al-Qaeda involvement in the blast that injured more than 100.
"There are 12 people whose fate remains unknown. They have not been located in hospitals where the injured have been taken," Vladimir Bondarenko, Russia's vice consul in Egypt, was quoted by the Ria-Novosti news agency as saying.
Earlier Russian officials said that so far the death of one Russian woman had been confirmed.
They said another Russian woman - who was reportedly a hotel employee - was also presumed to have died in the blast.
They said the body was to be identified later on Saturday.
Two Italian sisters are also reported to be missing.
When is the forty day mourning period for Beslan over?
October 13th
... I expect all hell to break loose that day.
To be "missing" after a huge explosion can't be a good thing.
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