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이집트 동북부 시나이반도에서 16일(현지시간) 관광버스를 겨냥한 폭탄 테러로 한국인 3명과 이집트인 운전자가 숨졌다고 현지 언론이 보도했다.
또 21명이 부상해 인근 병원으로 옮겨져 치료를 받고 있다고 현지 매체는 전했다.
사상자 대부분은 한국인 관광객인 것으로 알려졌다.
사건이 발생한 지역의 시나이반도 동북부의 관광지인 타바 인근으로 이스라엘과 국경에서 가까운 곳이다.
주이집트 한국대사관은 현지 언론과 이집트 당국 등을 통해 사실 관계를 확인하고 있다고 밝혔다.
폭발물의 정확한 출처는 파악되지 않았지만 한 보안당국 관계자는 차량 폭발물이나 원격 조정을 이용한 도로변에 매설된 폭발물일 가능성이 크다고 전했다.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
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Egypt: Sinai blast kills 4 South Korean tourists
An explosion ripped through a tourist bus near a border crossing between Egypt and Israel in the Sinai Peninsula, killing three South Koreans and the Egyptian driver, security officials said.
The officials said the source of the explosion was not clear, but they believe it was either a car bomb or a roadside bomb that was detonated by remote control.
Almost all 33 passengers on the bus were wounded by the explosion and were being treated in hospitals in Egypt and across the border in the Israeli port city of Eilat, said the officials.
They said the bus had arrived at the Taba crossing from the ancient Greek Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine's in central Sinai.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
