British government warns tourists against traveling to Egypt

British Foreign Office warns against travel here.

British government warns British tourists against traveling to Egypt for fear that the terrorist network Al Qaeda planning actions against them.

The British foreign ministry has raised the threat level for terrorism in Egypt to the upper level, enter The Telegraph . This means that an attack is likely.

Security sources told the paper says that there is growing concern that Al Qaeda will try to attack Western tourists in the area.

Urges jihadists to kidnap

Five jihadists were last week arrested by Egyptian police near the border with the Gaza Strip.

This should have intensified fears that someone planning an attack against the resort area of ​​Sharm el-Sheikh during the Christmas season, the newspaper said. The five were taken with firearms and grenades.

The increased threat level is also due to the fact that Western tourists and others generally have become more vulnerable to attacks.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged last week jihadists to attack and kidnap people from the West throughout the world.

- Mostly safe holiday places

The British foreign ministry has however still maintain that the major tourist spots are generally safe, but warns tourists not to travel outside these.

- Although safety is well taken care of in many parts of the country, particularly in the large 'resort' space, so there is great danger of attack, including the public places where tourists skills, such as hotels and restaurants, enter the ministry.

The government prevails people to refrain from traveling to North Sinai, and South Sinai only if it is completely necessary.

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