Maher Abdel Wahed: Taba inspections, witness questioning done

Egypt's Prosecutor General Maher Abdel Wahed said yesterday that prosecutors are done with questioning the eye witnesses and the injured in the Sinai explosions.

Speaking at a press conference, Abdel Wahid said that all bodies have undergone autopsy and DNA tests and forensic experts have inspected the scenes of the triple blasts.

He put the final death toll at 34, including 31 at Neweiba, Sharm El-Sheikh and Taba hospitals' morgues.

Abdel Wahed also said that the blasts have injured 159 people, including 127 Israelis.

Three Israelis died of their wounds while being taken to hospitals in Eilat, he added.

The official further said that 26 bodies have been identified as Egyptians, Italians, Israelis, Russians and Americans, while eight others remain unidentified.

Thirty-five persons, including 24 Egyptians, are being treated now at Egyptian hospitals, he added. He said that 11 others are Israelis, Russians, Americans and Swiss.

He asserted that only Egyptian authorities have investigated the blasts and carried out inspections and necessary dissections.