General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is the ruler of Egypt. He ousted the elected president of the Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood and brought in military rule again. Unfortunately, it not smooth going for him and though he has Morsi behind bars, the Egyptian state is threatened by a spate of terror attacks by the ISIS and some new splinter groups. The latest attack is chilling as two German female tourists were stabbed to death. In addition, four other tourists have been wounded. The attack took place on Friday at the Red Sea resort of Hurghada. All Jazeera News Channel has reported this news.
The rule of General Sisi is under threat. He was one of the first world leaders who was invited by Donald Trump to Washington. Sisi hit along well with the president and despite opposition Trump endorsed his rule. The General is on a sticky wicket as just a week earlier 23 Egyptian soldiers were killed by ISIS in the deserts of Sinai.
No group has claimed the killing of the policemen but a new terror group called Hasm, could have been behind the killings. The attack took place on the weekly holiday when traffic is less but there appears to have been little or no resistance from the policemen. The terrorist looted their weapons and set the vehicle o fire. Considering the attack took place close to Cairo is cause for alarm.
The killing of the German tourists is a pointer as well. The man who reportedly swam across the sea from an island attacked the tourists with a knife. He was young, just about 20 plus but he targeted only the foreigners and nobody else.
Egypt has been rocked by deadly suicide bombings and other attacks since 2013 when Sisi ousted Morsi. Sisi is on a sticky wicket and he may well wonder what happens to him in the future as examples of Nassar, Sadat, and Mubarak are not very encouraging.
