The Interior Ministry said the motive for the attack was still under investigation.
"The attacker was looking for foreigners and he did not want to attack any Egyptians," said one of the hotel staff.
In 2016, three foreign tourists were stabbed in the same city, known for diving, in an attack by two suspected militants of the Islamic state.
A guest of the Hurghada hotel, who witnessed a stabbing incident on a number of foreign tourists, said on Friday that the attacker had addressed him on the beach saying, "I do not want to see Egyptians ... not wanted," while trying to escape after a tourist stab beneath her neck.
Two German tourists were killed and four were injured in a tourist hotel in Hurghada
The witness, who asked not to be identified, said the attacker was a young man in his mid-twenties, about 180 centimeters tall, wearing blue jeans and a black T-shirt, and that he called his mobile phone saying to the person who was doing it. The sea, "and began to swim in the water, but police officers rode into the hotel's nest and chased him until they caught him.
He explained that the attacker had arrived at the hotel via the beach of a nearby tourist facility.
The witness confirmed that he saw the ambulances transporting at least 3 injured tourists, as the police intensified their presence inside the hotel and on the beach, and a number of guests began to cancel their reservations and departure amid an atmosphere of concern.
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