Two German women were stabbed to death and four other foreign tourists were injured on Friday at a hotel in Egypt’s Hurghada town, reported AP. The wounded have been identified as citizens of Ukraine and the Czech Republic. The Interior Ministry said the attacker had been arrested.

A security official said the assailant – a man in his 20s – had intentionally sought to attack foreigners. “Stay away, I don’t want Egyptians,” he had said in Arabic before wielding his knife on the tourists, the official told AP. The motive, however, is still unclear.

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The man first killed the two German tourists and wounded two others at Zahabia Hotel in Hurghada. He then swam to a neighbouring beach, where he attacked at least two more people, reported The Guardian.

The incident took place hours after five policemen died in a shooting outside Cairo. Bike-borne gunmen had opened fire on a security vehicle in Giza village. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but officials believe it was the handiwork of a small militant group called known as Hasm.