Militant Incidents in Egypt (Jul. – Dec. 2011)

1. Jul. 04 – A group of unknown militants blew up a section of a gas pipeline in Bir el-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [AFP, Ahr, DNE & Reut]
2. Jul. 12 – Attackers blew up a segment of a gas pipeline near the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. A security guard and several of his family members were hurt in the blast. [Ahr, DNE & Reut]
3. Jul. 14 – Fourteen demonstrators were injured when thugs armed with knives attacked people participating in a protest against the military authorities at a square in the city of Bur Said. [Ahr]
4. Jul. 24 – A group of thugs assaulted people attending a protest against the military authorities in the city of Suways. Four protestors were hurt in the incident. [Ahr]
5. Jul. 29 – Approximately 150 terrorists belonging to the TRaS attacked a police station in the town of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking a gun battle in which two policemen, a soldier and two civilians were killed. Four soldiers, nine police officers and six civilians were hurt in the shootout. [AFP, Ahr, DNE & Reut]
6. Jul. 30 – Militants hurled grenades and opened fire at a gas flow station in Shalak, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking a firefight with security forces. No one was hurt in the incident. The attack was blamed on the TRaS. [AFP, Ahr & DNE]
7. Aug. 04 – Assailants threw two incendiary bombs at the headquarters of the Arab League in the city center of Qahira. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [AFP, Ahr & DNE]
8. Aug. 07 – Muslim thugs rampaged against the Coptic community following a traffic accident in the village of Nazlet Fargalla, in the Minya governorate, killing one Christian. Several houses belonging to Copts were set on fire. [DNE]
9. Aug. 16 – Militants attacked a security checkpoint west of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, killing one policeman in the subsequent gun battle. One of the attackers was eliminated in the clash. [DNE]
10. Aug. 18 – A group of gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in the North Sinai governorate, killing two officers and injuring one soldier. [DNE]
11. Aug. 19 – A policeman was killed and one colleague was wounded when gunmen fired at Egyptian security forces clearing an area along the border with Israel in the North Sinai governorate. [AFP, Ahr & DNE]
12. Aug. 20 – A member of a liberal youth movement was abducted by unidentified attackers in Qahira. The hostage was released the next day. [DNE]
13. Aug. 21 – Gazan militants launched at least two missiles into Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [DNE]
14. Aug. 24 – Gaza-based militants fired a rocket into a residential neighborhood in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. A woman was hurt in the blast. [A7, Ahr, MENA & Reut]
15. Sep. 04 – Thugs set fire to the local government headquarters during rowdy protests by Nubians angry over police violence in the city of Aswan. [Ahr]
16. Sep. 10 – Hundreds of Islamist thugs set fire to two police cars and destroyed a security perimeter wall outside the Israeli embassy in the city of Giza. The mob subsequently invaded and ransacked the diplomatic mission. [DNE & Reut]
17. Sep. 12 – One policeman was killed and two colleagues were wounded when gunmen fired at their patrol on a highway near the village of Abu Saleh, in the Beni Suef governorate. [Ahr]
18. Sep. 21 – Gunmen shot and seriously wounded a senior official of the agriculture department after stopping his car in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [DNE]
19. Sep. 25 – Attackers hurled firebombs at the house of a former Yemeni government official in the city of Giza, causing only damage. [NCTC]
20. Sep. 27 – A section of a gas pipeline was destroyed after militants had sprayed it with gunfire near Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. A security guard and two civilians were hurt in the incident. Nearby shacks and olive groves were set alight in the blast. [AFP, Ahr, AP, BBC, DNE & Reut]
21. Sep. 29 – Gunmen attacked a Coptic church in Tamiya, in the Fayoum governorate, killing a security guard and injuring a colleague. [AFP, Ahr & DNE]
22. Sep. 30 – A church and three houses belonging to Coptic families were burnt by a band of Muslim thugs in Marinab, in the Aswan governorate. [Ahr]
23. Nov. 10 – Militants blew up a segment of an oil pipeline in the Mazar area of the North Sinai governorate. The incident was attributed to the TRaS. [AFP, DNE, Reut & SIS]
24. Nov. 10 – A bomb exploded near an oil flow station west of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. The TRaS was behind the attack. [DNE & Reut]
25. Nov. 17 – Islamic thugs assaulted and firebombed Copts participating in a protest march in the Bulaq neighborhood of Qahira. At least 29 Christians were wounded in the incident. [Ahr, DNE & Reut]
26. Nov. 21 – A policeman was killed and a colleague was injured when TRaS militants fired at security forces who raided their hideout in the North Sinai governorate [Ahr, AP, DNE, MENA & Reut]
27. Nov. 25 – Unknown terrorists blew up a section of a gas pipeline near the town of Bir el-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [AFP, DNE & Reut]
28. Nov. 28 – A group of unidentified militants bombed a section of a gas pipeline near the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [AFP, Ahr, DNE & Reut]
29. Dec. 18 – A section of a gas pipeline was blown up by a group of terrorists south of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No casualties were reported in the attack. [AFP, DNE & Reut]
30. Dec. 29 – Muslim thugs set fire to four homes belonging to relatives of a Coptic Christian student who had posted a depiction of Prophet Mohammed on social media in the Asiyut province. [AP]
31. Dec. 30 – The houses of three Coptic Christian families were burned by a band of Muslim thugs in the Asiyut province. Nobody was hurt in the violence. [AP]

A7: Arutz Sheva (Israel), AFP: Agence France-Presse (France), Ahr: Ahram (Egypt), AP: Associated Press (America), BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation (Britain), DNE: Daily News Egypt (Egypt), MENA: Middle East News Agency (Egypt), Reut: Reuters (Britain), SIS: State Information Service (Egypt)