The German government has confirmed that the two female tourists stabbed to death in the Egyptian resort of Hurghada were German nationals.<br /><br />The Foreign Ministry said it now has the “sad certainty” that two German female tourists died in Friday’s attack. It didn’t give any further information on the victims.<br /><br />Egyptian authorities said that the assailant, a man in his 20s, sneaked into the hotel by swimming from a nearby beach. He has been taken into custody.<br /><br />Four other foreigners were wounded in the attack. <br /><br />A local tradesperson said “The two women stayed at the hotel. The attacker approached the foreigners and killed then he came into this hotel and four others with his knife.’‘ <br /><br />German authorities said that the “criminal act leaves us sad, dismayed and angry.”<br /><br />It was the first attack against foreign tourists since a similar assault on the same resort more than a year ago,<br />
