TABA,(Saba) - A series of bombings killed at least 27 people in Egyptian Red Sea resorts packed with Israeli tourists, in attacks Israeli officials said on Friday looked like the work of al Qaeda.

Suspicion fell quickly on al-Qaida-inspired militants because the car and suicide bomb attacks were clearly coordinated, a hallmark of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.

The attack was followed by blasts at two backpacker beaches further south on the Sinai Peninsula, crowded with Israelis vacationing there during a week-long Jewish holiday despite official warnings they might be targeted by Islamic militants.

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