Two Ukrainian tourists were killed and four other foreign visitors wounded after a knife attack on Friday in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, Xinhua News Agency reported citing the country's state media.

The assailant has been arrested and is being questioned to determine his motives, the Interior Ministry said in a statement, adding that the suspected swam to the resort from a  public beach before attacking the tourists.

The incident came hours after five security personnel were killed on Friday when gunmen opened fire at a checkpoint in Egyptian province of Giza.

Last January, two armed assailants attacked the same resort, wounding three foreign tourists.