Two Russian tourists drowned in two unrelated incidents on Thursday while swimming off the coast in the Red Sea Governorate, southeast of Cairo.
A security source said the first man was Vladimir Samukanov, 38, and MENA reported that he drowned while swimming near a hotel’s private beach in the city of Hurghada.
The security source said the second victim was Salammiv Krukanov, 62, and that he died off the coast of a resort in the city of Safaga.
Prosecutor ordered the first body to be transferred to Hurghada Public Hospital and the second to Safaga Central Hospital, the source said.
The Russian Consulate in Hurghada is to return the bodies to their families in Russia.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
