Egyptian Red Sea resort attacker was ISIS supporter

An Egyptian man who stabbed three foreign tourists to death and wounded three more earlier this month at a Red Sea resort had tried to join the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS), al-Ahram reported Sunday (July 30th).

Security sources said Abdel Rahman Shaban Abokorah killed two German women and a Czech woman and wounded three other tourists at the popular Red Sea resort of Hurghada on July 14th.

He was caught by hotel staff and arrested.

Investigators have recommended he face terrorism charges, according to security sources.

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