List of terrorist attacks in Egypt

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The list of terrorist attacks in Egypt contains an overview of terrorist attacks that have occurred in Egypt .

For a large overview, see the list of terrorist attacks .

Explanation

The political or ideological classification of the perpetrators is given in the Political Orientation column : Fascist , racist , nationalist , National Socialist , socialist , communist , anti-imperialist , Islamist ( Shiite , Sunni , Deobandic , Salafist , Wahhabi ), Hindu . If the focus is primarily on state independence or autonomy , the prefix is autonomous , followed by the region or ethnic group and, if applicable, further characteristics of the perpetrators: Armenian , Irish ( Catholic ), Kurdish , Tyrolean , Chechen , Dagestan , Punjab ( Sikhist ), Palestinian .

The number of victims of the attacks are shown in color:

  • unknown number of dead or injured
  • 0 dead or injured
  • 1–19 dead or injured
  • 20–49 dead or injured
  • 50–99 dead or injured
  • 100 and more dead or injured

    • The number of perpetrators killed / injured in the attacks is shown in brackets () .

    list

    Date / start place Governorate Article / source (s) Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    02nd October 1981 Cairo al-Qahira presumably front of steadfastness explosive wedding 3 56 Middle East conflict
    07th October 1981 Asyut Asyut Assault rifles, grenades Police headquarters 54 0
    0June 8, 1993 Cairo al-Qahira al-Jamāʿa al-islāmiyya Sunni-Islamist Explosive device on bicycle British tourists on bus 1 22nd
    November 25, 1993 Cairo al-Qahira al-Jihad Sunni-Islamist Explosives (remote trigger) Atif Sidqi 1 20th
    September 18, 1997 Cairo al-Qahira Attack on tourists in Cairo in 1997 Firearms, Molotov cocktails Tourists, bus 10 26 (+2)
    October 13, 1997 al-Minya al-Minya al-Jamāʿa al-islāmiyya Sunni-Islamist Firearms police officers 33 0
    November 17, 1997 Luxor al-Uqsur Luxor attack in 1997 al-Jamāʿa al-islāmiyya Sunni-Islamist Automatic firearms, butcher knives Tourists, mortuary temple of Hatshepsut , police officers, civilians 62 26 (+1)
    0October 7, 2004 Janub Sina Tawhid al-Jihad , Abdullah Azzam Brigades , al-Jamāʿa al-islāmiyya Salafist, Wahhabi, Sunni-Islamist, Islamic-fundamentalist Car bombs Hotel, restaurant, camp 34 171 Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    July 23, 2005 Sharm El Sheikh Janub Sina Tawhid al-Jihad , Abdullah Azzam Brigades Salafist, Wahhabi, Sunni, Islamic fundamentalist 3 suicide bombers with car bombs Hotels, tourists, civilians 88 (+3) 110 Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    April 24, 2006 Dahab Janub Sina Tawhid al-Jihad Salafist, Wahhabi 3 explosives Bar, supermarket, tourists, civilians 18th 87 Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    February 22, 2009 near Cairo al-Qahira Explosive device market 1 25th
    0January 1, 2011 Alexandria al-Iskandariyya Terrorist attack on January 1, 2011 in Alexandria probably Jaish al-Islam Salafist, Sunni-Islamist Suicide bomber Church, civilians 22 (+1) 97
    0May 2, 2012 Cairo al-Qahira Explosives, stones, tear gas canisters, firearms, Molotov cocktails Protesters 11 49
    August 16, 2013 al-Sharqiyyah Firearms Military vehicles 0 20th Sinai uprising
    19th of August 2013 Rafah Schimal Sina Muslim extremists Islamic fundamentalist Bazookas, firearms Police buses 25th 3 Sinai uprising
    0October 7, 2013 Janub Sina Ansar Bait al-Maqdis salafist Suicide bomber with a car bomb Military building 5 (+1) 40 Sinai uprising
    20th November 2013 Schimal Sina Ansar Bait al-Maqdis salafist Suicide bomber with a car bomb Military convoy 10 (+1) 35
    December 24, 2013 al-Mansura ad-Daqahliyya Ansar Bait al-Maqdis salafist Suicide bomber with car bomb, 2 explosives Police headquarters 15 (+1) 130
    January 24, 2014 Cairo al-Qahira , al-Jiza Wilayat Sinai Salafist, Wahhabi 2 car bombs, 2 explosives Museum of Islamic Art , police building, cinema, police station, police vehicles 7th 88 Uprising in Egypt since 2013
    July 13, 2014 al-Arish Schimal Sina Wilayat Sinai Salafist, Wahhabi Missiles Market, military camp 8th 28 Uprising in Egypt since 2013
    October 24, 2014 Schimal Sina Wilayat Sinai Salafist, Wahhabi Suicide bombers with car bombs, bazookas, firearms checkpoint 33 (+1) 28 Uprising in Egypt since 2013
    January 29, 2015 al-Arish Schimal Sina IS Salafist, Wahhabi Suicide bomber with car bomb, mortar Military base, hotel 25 (+1) 58 Uprising in Egypt since 2013
    March 10, 2015 al-Arish Schimal Sina IS Salafist, Wahhabi Suicide bomber with a car bomb Police base 1 (+1) 33 Uprising in Egypt since 2013
    April 12, 2015 al-Arish Schimal Sina IS , Egyptian Tawhid and Jihad Salafist, Wahhabi Suicide bomber with a car bomb Police station, civilians 6 (+1) 44 Uprising in Egypt since 2013
    0July 1, 2015 Schimal Sina IS Salafist, Wahhabi Mortars, firearms, car bombs Checkpoints, police station 17 (+100) 50 Uprising in Egypt since 2013
    0July 9, 2015 al-Arish Schimal Sina IS Salafist, Wahhabi Explosive device Police bus 0 25th Uprising in Egypt since 2013
    20th August 2015 Shubra al-Khaimah al-Qalyubiyya IS , Muslim Brotherhood , Black Bloc Salafist, Wahhabi, Pan-Islamic Car bomb Government building 0 29 Uprising in Egypt since 2013
    August 24, 2015 rosette al-Buhaira IS , Muslim Brotherhood Salafist, Wahhabi, Pan-Islamic Explosive device Police bus 3 33 Sinai uprising
    October 31, 2015 Schimal Sina Kogalymavia flight 9268 Wilayat Sinai Salafist, Wahhabi Explosive device plane 224 0
    December 11, 2016 Cairo al-Qahira Attack in the Church of St. Peter and Paul (Cairo) Muslim Brotherhood , probably IS Salafist, Wahhabi Suicide bomber Coptic Church 28 (+1) 46
    0January 9, 2017 al-Arish Schimal Sina IS Salafist, Wahhabi Suicide bombers with car bombs, bazookas, firearms Checkpoint, civilians 8 (+6) 10 (+3) Sinai uprising
    0April 9, 2017 Tanta , Alexandria al-Gharbiyya , al-Iskandariyya Palm Sunday attacks in Egypt in 2017 IS Salafist, Wahhabi 2 suicide bombers Churches, police officers 48 (+2) 136
    April 18, 2017 Janub Sina IS Salafist, Wahhabi Firearms checkpoint 1 3 Sinai uprising
    May 26, 2017 al-Minya IS Salafist, Wahhabi Machine guns Christian civilians on bus 30th 20th
    07th July 2017 Schimal Sina IS Salafist, Wahhabi 2 suicide bombers with car bombs, machine guns soldiers 23 (+42) 26th Sinai uprising
    11th September 2017 Schimal Sina IS Salafist, Wahhabi Suicide bomber with car bomb, explosives, machine guns Police convoy, rescue workers 18 (+3) 10
    November 24, 2017 Bir al-Abd Schimal Sina Attack on the al-Rawda mosque Islamic State Salafist, Wahhabi Rocket launchers, explosives, machine guns, arson Believers in mosque, rescue workers arriving 311+ 127+ Sinai uprising
    02nd November 2018 al-Minya al-Minya IS Salafist, Wahhabi Firearms Coptic Christians in bus 7th 20th Sinai uprising
    December 28, 2018 Giza al-Jiza Attacks in Egypt in 2018 Hasm movement Islamist Explosive device Vietnamese tourists in bus 4th 12 Uprising in Egypt since 2013
    0April 9, 2019 Schimal Sina IS Salafist, Wahhabi Suicide bomber Civilians 7 (+1) 26th Sinai uprising
    5th August 2019 Cairo al-Qahira Hasm movement Islamist Suicide bomber with a car bomb Cancer Research Institute, Transport 20th 47 Sinai uprising

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 198108020001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 3, 2018 .
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