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November 17
Mr Besse was shot outside his home
1997: Egyptian militants kill tourists at Luxor
England have
More than 60 people have been killed after an attack on a group of foreign
tourists visiting a temple in southern Egypt.
The tourists" bus was fired on as they visited the temple of Hatshepsut,
one of the main attractions in the town of Luxor in southern Egypt.
An Egyptian police spokesman said most of the dead were Swiss and Japanese
tourists.
The spokesman said the six gunmen were killed in an ensuing two-hour gun
battle with police.
According to initial figures released by Egypt"s interior ministry, 57
tourists, a local guide and two policemen died in the attack.
Other reports say the death toll could rise as high as 75, with up to 85
people injured.
An Islamic extremist group, the outlawed Gamaat-al-Islamiya, is reported to
have said it carried out the attack.
It came as 65 alleged members of the Islamic group went on trial in Cairo
accused of conspiracy to murder.
Islamic militants have targeted tourists since beginning a campaign in 1992
to topple the government of Hosni Mubarak and set up a strict Islamic state.
Two months ago, nine Germans and an Egyptian driver were killed when gunmen
opened fire on a bus in Cairo.
Two men have since been sentenced to death for the shootings.
Luxor, about 310 miles (500 km) south of Cairo, is visited by about two
million tourists a year.
It has not previously been attacked by militants who have strongholds in
other parts of southern Egypt.
In the past five years, attacks by militants have seen 34 foreign tourists
killed and cost a total of more than 1,100 lives.
The gang twice tried to rob the Bank of America
1986: French car chief shot dead
Artificially 1969:
The The head of the Renault car company, Georges Besse, has been
assassinated in Paris.
Mr Besse was shot several times at about 2030 local time (1930 GMT) outside
his home.
The killers, said to be a man and a woman, rode up on a motorcycle as Mr
Besse emerged from his chauffeur-driven car.
The car chief was shot in the head and chest and died where he fell on the
pavement.
No group has yet said it carried out the attack but French authorities
suspect it is the work of the left-wing, anti-capitalist group, Action
Directe.
If confirmed, it would be the group"s first attack on an individual since
killing a defence ministry official, General Rene Audran, in January last
year.
It has since owned up to a number of bombings in Paris which targeted
government buildings.
Georges Besse had been the head of the state-owned Renault car firm since
January 1985.
He was credited with turning the loss-making company around and taking it
into profit in September.
However, his methods which included laying off 21,000 workers in his first
18 months in post led to bitter opposition from trades unions.
President Francois Mitterand who is on a tour of African nations said the
death of Georges Besse caused him "great pain".
"This event confirms one more time that all our forces must unite against
terrorism, without flinching and without compromise," Mr Mitterand said.
Vocabulary:
flinch : to withdraw from any suffering or undertaking(退缩) |
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