Egyptian investigators inspect blast scenes

Egyptian prosecution and statesecurity teams inspected Saturday the scenes of deadly blasts that rocked the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, the official MENA news agency reported.

The investigators assigned forensic experts to the scenes and registered counts from some of the injured and eyewitnesses, said the report.

Egyptian Minister of Defense Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi has agreed to send aeroplanes and helicopters with highly qualified medics to Sharm el-Sheikh.

Egyptian Minister of Tourism Ahmed el-Maghrabi arrived in Sharmel-Sheikh and toured the scenes of the blasts on Saturday after cutting off his journey to China.

Minister of Health Awad Taggudin also arrived in Sharm el-Sheikhand visited the injured in their hospital beds.   Three powerful bomb explosions hit Sharm el-Sheikh early Saturday, killing 88 people and wounding about 200. An al-Qaida linked group has claimed responsibility for the attacks in astatement posted on an Islamic website.

Source: Xinhua