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CHRONOLOGY: Violent incidents against tourists in Egypt
(Reuters) - Masked kidnappers snatched 19 hostages including 11 Western tourists who were on safari in a remote desert area of Egypt near the Sudanese and Libyan border, Egyptian officials said on Monday.
The kidnapping was the first of its kind in Egypt in living memory, though Islamic militants have hit the country's tourist industry in recent decades through bomb and shooting attacks.
Security sources said there was no indication that militant Islamists were involved in the kidnapping.
Here is a chronology of some previous incidents of violence in Egypt involving foreign tourists:
October 21, 1992 -- Militants ambush tourist bus, killing a British woman and wounding two British men.
February 26, 1993 -- Bomb in Cairo coffee shop kills a Turk, a Swede and an Egyptian and wounds 20.
June 8 -- Bomb near tour bus on Pyramids Road in Cairo, kills two Egyptians and wounds 22, including five Britons.
October 27 -- A man described as mentally disturbed shoots dead two Americans, one French national and an Italian at a Cairo hotel.
March 4, 1994 -- Gunmen fire at Nile cruiser in southern Egypt, killing a German woman tourist.
August 26 -- Gunmen attack a tourist bus in southern Egypt, killing a Spanish boy.
September 27 -- Gun attack in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada kills two Egyptians and two German tourists.
October 23 -- Suspected Muslim militants kill British tourist and wound three in minibus attack.
April 18, 1996 -- Islamic militants shoot dead 18 Greek tourists they mistake for Israelis near the pyramids.
September 18, 1997 -- Nine German tourists and their driver die in shooting and firebomb attack outside Egyptian Museum.
November 17 -- Attackers kill 58 tourists and four Egyptians at an ancient temple near southern town of Luxor. Six gunmen and three police also die.
October 7, 2004 - Bombings at the Taba Hilton hotel on Egypt's border with Israel and two beaches further south kill 34 people.
April 7, 2005 - An attack in a Cairo bazaar kills an American, two French and the suspected suicide bomber.
April 30 - A suicide bomber wounds seven, including two Israelis, an Italian and a Swede, near the Egyptian museum.
July 23 - Two car bombs and a suitcase bomb rip through hotels and shopping areas in Sharm el-Sheikh, killing at least 64 and wounding more than 200, including some foreigners.
April 24, 2006 - Three bomb blasts in the Red Sea resort of Dahab kill at least 23 people and wound scores.
September 22, 2008 - Masked gunmen kidnap 19 hostages, including 11 tourists on a safari in a remote desert area of Egypt near the Sudanese and Libyan border.
