Ras Burqa

Ras Burqa

Ras Burqa is a resort town on the Red Sea in the district of Nuwaiba, Egypt. In 1985, the town was the scene of the Ras Burqa massacre in which an Egyptian policeman Suleiman Khater killed seven Israeli tourists, mostly women and children.


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