The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said, “Oman strongly condemns the bombing of a tourist bus in the Giza governorate of Egypt that led to deaths and injuries” In a tweet on Saturday.

MoFA said that Oman rejects all forms of violence and expresses solidarity with Egypt.

Egyptian police  meanwhile, killed 40 alleged ‘terrorists’ in a crackdown on Saturday after a roadside bomb hit a tour bus claiming the lives of three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian guide.

The suspects were killed in separate raids in Giza, the scene of Friday’s deadly bombing, and in the restive Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said.

Thirty ‘terrorists’ were killed in two raids in Giza and the remaining ten were killed in the North Sinai, a statement said without directly linking them to the bus bombing. It said authorities had received information the suspects were preparing for attacks against state and tourist institutions and churches.