Gunmen have attacked an Egyptian hotel popular with tourists

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At least three tourists have been stabbed by the attackers, who arrived outside the beach resort by boat.

Security forces opened fire at the attackers, killing one and seriously wounding the other, according to Egyptian interior ministry.

Two attackers reportedly holding black ISIS flags burst into the hotel lobby before attacking tourists in the hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

The assailants travelled by sea to carry out the shocking attack in the upmarket Bella Vista hotel which is popular with European tourists.