Nine tourists who suffered light injuries or were not injured in the bomb attack in Cairo late last week arrived at Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM on Tuesday afternoon.

Nine tourists who suffered light injuries or were not injured in the bomb attack in Cairo late last week arrived at Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM on Tuesday afternoon.– Photo 24h.com.vn

The nine victims are Le Thi Ngoc Lan, born in 1977; Tran Tan Huy Cuong, born in 1972; Tran Tuan Thong, born in 1964; Tran Thi Hong Loan, born in 1966; Tran Thanh Trung, born in 2002; Tran Thanh Truc, born in 1999; Le Duc Minh, born in 1961; Nguyen Thi Anh Tho, born in 1997 and Nguyen Thi Anh Thu, born in 1961.

After landing in Viet Nam, the victims had health checks at HCM City’s Hospital of Medicine and Pharmacy University.

According to Doctor Nguyen Viet Hau from the Emergency Department, the hospital received Nguyen Thi Anh Thu and Nguyen Thi Anh Tho, a mother and daughter, at 5pm on Tuesday with injuries caused by metal shards. The mother sustained injuries to her thigh. The doctors will continue to conduct further tests and administer physiotherapy to help the patients recover physically and mentally.

A representative of Saigontourist said the other three seriously-injured victims who are being treated at Sheikh Zayed Specialised Hospital in Egypt are recovering well and are expected to return home later this week.

The company is completing procedures to repatriate the bodies of the three dead victims on Wednesday and will then help the deceased’s families hold funerals.

At 18:15 on 28 December  (local time), a bus carrying 18 people including 15 Vietnamese tourists and three Egyptians was hit by a roadside bomb near the world-famous Giza pyramids. Three Vietnamese and an Egyptian tour guide were killed.

The improvised device was hidden near a wall on Mariyutiya street in Al-Haram district.

According to Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt, the dead victims included tourist Tran Hoa Khanh, born in 1961, from the central province of Thanh Hoa; tourist Nguyen Thuy Quynh, born in 1962, from the capital city of Ha Noi; and tour guide Nguyen Trong Tien, born in 1989, from the south central province of Binh Thuan.

The Egyptian Embassy in Viet Nam granted urgent visas for relatives of the victims to travel to Egypt.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs instructed the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt to continue keeping close watch on the situation and work closely with local authorised agencies to ensure legitimate rights of the Vietnamese citizens.

In case of emergency, Vietnamese citizens can seek help from the embassy through the hotlines 20 106 039 6518 or the citizen protection hotline 84 981 8484 84 or the hotline of the Consular Department 096 5411 118.

Attack condemned

Countries including the US, the UK, Russia, Kuwait, Italy, Belgium, Spain and Saudi Arabia have strongly condemned the bomb attack and extended their deepest sympathy to the victims and their families.

According to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s correspondents in Europe, Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the bomb attack and sent his deep condolences to the victims and their families.

In a telegram in the name of the Pope sent to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Vatican Prime Minister Pietro Parolin said the Pope was very sad to hear about the incident.

He condemned this inhumane and cruel behaviour, and prayed for the victims and their families.

The same day, the VNA correspondents in South Asia quoted the Indian Foreign Ministry as saying that India strongly condemned the cowardly terrorist attack that took the lives of innocent persons.
India sent its deepest condolences to the families of the dead victims and hoped the injured will quickly recover.

(Source: VNS)