Egyptian security sources said Sunday 32 people have been arrested so far in connection with the Sharm el-Sheik blasts that killed 88 people.
They said the suspects, rounded up in the Sharm el-Sheik resort and other parts of the Sinai Peninsula, were believed to have been somehow linked the three explosions that rocked the Red Sea resort after midnight Friday.
A security official told United Press International the authorities Sunday arrested 12 Bedouins in the northern Sinai who may have had contacts with fugitives sought in last October's bomb attack in Taba in the Sinai.
Police sources in the northern Sinai said "dozens were arrested in raids on Saturday night and Sunday morning, some of whom were previously arrested but later released."
Meanwhile, security forces were searching for nine Pakistanis who arrived in Egypt on July 5, although officials said they did not have confirmed information of their involvement in the blasts.
Officials said two booby-trapped cars and one explosive device were used in the explosions that targeted the busy touristic Naama Bay area in Sharm el-Sheik, which also injured about 200 people, and destroyed 80 cars and more than 50 shops.
Hospital sources said 13 bodies, which may include foreign tourists, were still unidentified by Sunday morning.
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