Another blast happened moments later, targeting the Baddiyah tourist camp, but no one was hurt, apparently because the bomber had been scared off by a guard and did not enter the crowded resort.

Beginning in March 2004, the bombers used washing machine timers, mobile phones and modified gas cylinders to build the bombs.

They used TNT and old explosives found in the Sinai (as it was many times a war zone), which were purchased from Bedouins, to complete the bombs.

[7] However, Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Majid `Abd al-Fatah later stated that there was no evidence linking the organisation to the attack, instead claiming it was the work of a lone wolf driven by "injustice, aggression and despair" over the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

[10] On 9 May 2006, Egyptian security forces shot dead Nasser Khamis el-Mallahi, leader of the militant group.