Total casualties

3 fatalities

23 injuries

Total incidents

Civilian casualty ratio

%

Overview of incidents

  1. Feb. 12′ – Islamic thugs set fire to four shops and a van belonging to members of the local Christian community in the town of Armant, in the Qena governorate. The assailants were angry over a love affair between a Coptic man and a Muslim woman. [Reut]
  2. Mar. 09 – Two Copts were shot to death by Islamists in front of their house in the Imbaba suburb of Giza. [ICC]
  3. Apr. 26 – A terrorist lobbed a grenade at policemen who tried to prevent him from smuggling explosives into the Gaza Strip in the North Sinai governorate. [Reut]
  4. Apr. 27 – A police officer was wounded during a firefight between Bedouin gunmen and Egyptian security forces at a border crossing with Israel in the North Sinai governorate. [Reut]
  5. Jun. 11 – An opposition supporter was shot to death by thugs linked to elements within the ruling socialist NDP party in the Sharqiya governorate. [Hrtz]
  6. Oct. 25 – A large group of Muslim thugs raided the Coptic village of Gabal al-Deir, in the Minya governorate, shooting at local residents and destroying a wall. At least 22 people were injured during the attack. The assailants also set fire to two trucks and several fields. [ICC]
  7. Oct. 26 – Muslim thugs set fire to two houses belonging to members of the Coptic community in the Gabal al-Deir, in the Minya governorate. [ICC]
  8. Dec. 12 – Muslim thugs set fire to a shop owned by a Copt in the town of Esna, in the Qena governorate. [Reut]
  9. Dec. 16 – Bands of Muslim thugs attacked a church and burnt thirteen shops owned by members of the Coptic community in the town of Esna, in the Qena governorate. [Reut]

Hrtz: Haaretz (Israel), ICC: International Christian Concern (America), Reut: Reuters (Britain)