Total casualties
6 fatalities
8 injuries
Total incidents
Civilian casualty ratio
%
Frequent modalities
- Abductions (6)
- Gun assaults (3)
- Assaults (3)
Frequent targets
- Foreign visitors (4)
- Political manifestations (3)
- Gas infrastructure (2)
Deadliest attacks
- Feb. 06 – Qahira (2 deaths)
- Jan. 11 – N. Sinai g’te (2 deaths)
- Jan. 26- Baghura (2 deaths)
Overview of incidents
- Jan. 06 – A group of Bedouin angry over election results fired at a courthouse in the town of Tur, in the South Sinai governorate, injuring a soldier guarding the premises. [Ahr]
- Jan. 11 – Bedouin gunmen opened fire at security forces who were evicting squatters from state lands in Janifa, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking a gun battle in which a policeman and a soldier were killed. One of the gunmen was also killed in the clash. [AFP, DNE & Reut]
- Jan. 18 – A band of thugs assaulted activists protesting against the military regime in the city center of Qahira, injuring several people. [Ahr]
- Jan. 26 – Unknown gunmen shot and killed two Coptic traders in front of their shop in the village of Baghoura, in the Qena governorate. [Ahr & DNE]
- Jan. 31 – A group of Bedouin militants snatched 25 Chinese factory workers from a bus as they were traveling to work in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. The hostages were released unharmed the following day. [AFP, Ahr, AP & DNE]
- Feb. 03 – Two American tourists and their local tour guide were abducted from their minivan by Bedouin militants near Sankt Catarine, in the South Sinai governorate. The hostages were released later that day. [Ahr, DNE, AP & Reut]
- Feb. 05 – Unidentified militants bombed and destroyed a section of a gas pipeline in the Masayid area of the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the blast. [AFP, Ahr, DNE & Reut]
- Feb. 06 – Thugs linked to rogue elements within the security forces opened fire at protesters demonstrating against recent violence in central Qahira. One protester was killed and several others were injured in the shooting. Another demonstrator died when the attackers threw him from a roof. [DNE]
- Feb. 09 – Nineteen officers were kidnapped by a group of Bedouin gunmen who raided a police station in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. The hostages were released shortly afterwards. [Ahr, AP & DNE]
- Feb. 10 – Three South Korean nationals and a local translator were taken from a tourist bus by Bedouin militants near Sankt Catarine, in the South Sinai governorate. The hostages were released the following day. [AFP, Ahr, AP & DNE]
- Feb. 23 – Islamist presidential election candidate Abdel Fotouh and his bodyguard were assaulted and injured by unknown militants after they dragged them from their car in the Menoufiya governorate. [DNE & Reut]
- Mar. 05 – A group of unknown militants bombed and destroyed segments of a gas pipeline in the Masayid area of the North Sinai governorate. [AFP & DNE]
- Mar. 18 – Two Brazilian tourists and their local guide were snatched from their bus by Bedouin gunmen near Sankt Catarine, in the South Sinai governorate. The hostages were released the following day. [AFP, Ahr, AP, DNE & Reut]
- Mar. 22 – Thugs stabbed students participating in a protest rally at a university campus in Giza. At least five demonstrators were injured in the attack. [Ahr]
- Mar. 22 – Bedouin militants abducted a Czech tour guide from a bus carrying tourists in the town of Nuweiba, in the South Sinai governorate. The hostage was released later that day. [Ahr]
AFP: Agence France-Presse (France), Ahr: Ahram (Egypt), AM: Aswat Masriya (Egypt), AP: Associated Press (America), DNE: Daily News Egypt (Egypt), DPA: Deutsche Presse-Agentur (Germany), MENA: Middle East News Agency (Egypt), Reut: Reuters (Britain)