Dahab

Gathered on the seafront outside the Al Capone cafe on Tuesday, a weary looking knot of men stared silently at the 600cm-wide crater that had appeared on the cobbled street, as if willing it to disappear. All around lay shards of glass, scraps of clothing and discarded rubber flip-flops. ”It was like a war,” said one of the men, Hani Bivars, unable to tear his gaze from the crater.

At least two of the three deadly blasts that ripped through the Egyptian tourist resort of Dahab were caused by suicide bombers, security sources said on Tuesday. At least 23 people were killed in the triple bombings on Monday, the third such attack to strike tourist resorts in the Sinai peninsula in 18 months, according to the interior ministry.