Ghazala Gardens hotel
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The Ghazala Gardens hotel is a 176-room a four-star establishment in the Naama Bay area of the Egyptian beach resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on the Sinai Peninsula. Its sister hotel, the Ghazala, is across the street and is substantially larger.
On July 23, 2005 at about 01:15 local time (22:15 UTC) a terrorist drove a pickup truck laden with explosives through the glass façade and into the front lobby. Seconds later, the truck exploded, killing a number of people and razing the lobby. It is not known exactly how many died in the Ghazala Garden attack, but a total of about 90 were killed in the series of attacks that night.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Description of the attack from The Guardian
- Photographs after the attack from the Associated Press
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