EGYPT Armed police guard tourists against attack at ancient historic sites. Islamist groups threaten foreigners

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EGYPT A militant Islamist group has warned tourists to leave Egypt and threatened to attack any who stay in the country after February 20, raising the prospect of a new front in a fast-growing Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group, which claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed two South Korean tourists and an Egyptian on Sunday, made the statement on an affiliated Twitter account."We recommend tourists to get out safely before the expiry of the deadline," read the tweet, written in English. Library picture shows: Armed police who accompany visitors to tourist sites.

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