Projectile falls in Egyptian Red Sea town of Nuweiba, two security sources say


CAIRO (Reuters) - Two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Friday that a projectile fell in the Red Sea resort town of Nuweiba and that authorities were still gathering more information on the incident.

The projectile fell in a part of the town that was desert land, the sources said. A witness told Reuters that a loud explosion was heard and clouds of dust were seen at a distance.

(Reporting by Ahmed Mohamed Hassan in Cairo and Yusri Mohamed in Ismailia; Writing by Nadine Awadalla; Editing by Christina Fincher)

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