security forces . “ I could see marks on his face , ” Fawaz said . “ It was blue , and his neck had the mark of fingertips … it was red and blue .
One of the survivors of the Egyptian hotel terror attack has spoken for the first time about the moment a jihadist tried to stabconflict.attack.stabbinghim in the chest with a knife and slashed him in the neck four times . Sammie Olovsson , 27 , from Sweden , told friends he was in a stable condition and recovering in hospital in Hurghada after he was repeatedly attacked by one of the jihadis . The two attackers , armed with a pellet gun and knives , targeted tourists at the outside restaurant of the Bella Vista Resort near the Red Sea .
The three wounded tourists – Austrian pair Renata and Wilhelm Weisslein , both 72 , and Swede Sammie Olovsson – were rushed to hospital for treatment . Sammie , 27 , described how a jihadi tried to stabconflict.attack.stabbinghim in the chest and slashed his neck four times but told friends on Facebook that he was fine and recovering in hospital .