Al-Qaida-linked militants claim responsibility for resort bomb

A group citing ties to al-Qaida claimed responsibility for today’s Sharm El Sheikh bombings that killed at least 62 people, according to a statement posted on an Islamic website.

The group, calling itself the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, al Qaida, in Syria and Egypt, said that its “holy warriors targeted the Ghazala Gardens hotel and the Old Market in Sharm El Sheikh”.