Egypt building Sharm El-Sheikh wall to protect tourists
February 22, 2019 at 3:29 pm | Published in: Africa, Egypt, News
February 22, 2019 at 3:29 pm
Egypt has started the construction of a six metre wall around the popular tourist hotspot Sharm El-Sheikh, in a bid to protect foreign tourists from the ongoing conflict in the Sinai Peninsula.
Despite Egyptian officials denying the existence of the project, the Guardian shared verified pictures and videos of the wall taken by local residents showing completed and unfinished parts of the barrier.
“It’s not a wall, who told you it’s a wall. We don’t have a wall,†General Khaled Fouda said of project, describing it instead as a mix of high concrete barriers and at least 37 kilometre of razor-wire fence, with “four very beautiful doors†to access the town.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190222-egypt-building-sharm-el-sheikh-wall-to-protect-tourists/