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The Luxor Massacre took place on 17 November 1997 , at Deir El-Bahri , an archaelogical site located across the River Nile from Luxor in Egypt . Deir el-Bahri is one of Egypt's top tourist attractions, most notably for the spectacular Memorial Temple of 18th-dynasty female pharaoh Hatshepsut , known as "Djeser-Djeseru". In the mid-morning attack, and Disembowellings . Armed Egyptian tourist police and military forces arrived soon afterwards and killed all six terrorists in a gun battle. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak partly blamed Great Britain for the attacks after that country had granted Political Asylum to Egyptian terrorist leaders. After the event Mubarak replaced his Interior Minister, General Hassan al-Alfi, with Major General Habib Al-Adly . A total of 58 foreign tourists were killed: 35 Swiss , 10 Japan ese, six Britons , four Germans , one French , one Colombia n, and a dual-national Bulgaria n/Briton. Four Egyptians were killed, three of them police officers and one of them a tour guide. Twelve Swiss, two Japanese, two Germans, one French, and nine Egyptians were among the wounded. The tourist industry – in Egypt in general and in Luxor in particular – was seriously affected by the resultant slump in visitors and remained depressed for at least the following five years. EXTERNAL LINKS
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