Egypt sends Hurghada knife attacker to mental hospital

CAIRO - 7 August 2017: State Security Prosecution on Monday decided to send the suspect who stabbed a number of tourists at a Hurghada hotel to a mental health hospital for 45 days.

The move aims at checking on the mental and psychological health of the suspect.

The knife-wielding suspect was arrested last month after attacking the tourists in the Hurghada resort.

The attack claimed the lives of three tourists; two Germans and a Czech.