Britons Held At Gunpoint In Egypt Over Flu

Stewart Harbut, his pregnant wife Sasha and their four young children claim they were “pinned down” at Sharm el Sheikh International Hospital while doctors forced them to give swabs.

[efoods]The family – who spent £6,000 on the First Choice break – had earlier been bundled into the back of van and driven from Sharm el Sheikh airport to the hospital with a full police escort.

When Mr Harbut, an engineer, tried to leave the hospital after being kept in a “filthy” isolation unit overnight, he was confronted by three armed guards who blocked his way.

Tests eventually confirmed that none of the family had the infection.

Speaking from their Red Sea resort hotel after being “released” Mr Harbut, 37, said he had been treated like a drug smuggler.

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