Militant Incidents in Egypt (Apr. – Jun. 2012)

by | Jan 28, 2017 | Egypt Coverage, Incident Reports

Total casualties

17 fatalities

58 injuries

Total incidents

Civilian casualty ratio

%

Frequent modalities

  • Gun assaults (4)
  • Abductions (3)
  • Incendiary attacks (2)

Frequent targets

  • Police installations (3)
  • Foreign visitors (2)
  • Political manifestations (1)

Deadliest attacks

  • May 02 – Qahira (11 deaths)
  • Apr. 15 – Arish (2 deaths)
  • Jun. 04 – S. Sinai g’te (1 death)

Overview of incidents

  1. Apr. 08 – Unidentified militants blew up a section of a gas pipeline on the outskirts of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [AFP, AP, DNE & Reut]
  2. Apr. 11 – A military intelligence station was set on fire by thugs during rowdy protests by locals against import fees in the town of Saloum, in the Matrouh governorate. [DNE]
  3. Apr. 15 – Terrorists driving technicals sprayed gunfire at a police checkpoint near the airport of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, killing two officers and injuring a colleague. [AFP, AP & DNE]
  4. May 02 – Militants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a police vehicle near Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate, killing one officer and injuring two colleagues. [MENA]
  5. May 02 – Assailants opened fire, hurled bombs and tossed firebombs at opponents of the military regime as they protested outside the defense ministry’s headquarters in the Abbasiya suburb of Qahira. Eleven people were killed and 49 others were wounded in the attack. [Ahr & Reut]
  6. May 04 – Unknown gunmen shot and killed a soldier as security forces confronted protesters in the Abbasiya suburb of Qahira. [Ahr]
  7. May 07 – Bedouin gunmen abducted ten Fijian soldiers of the MFO peacekeeping force from Oum Kattaf, in the North Sinai governorate. The hostages were released later that day. [Ahr & Reut]
  8. May 28 – A mob of supporters of a socialist candidate set fire to the headquarters of the election campaign of Ahmed Shafiq in the Dokki suburb of Giza. [Ahr, AP & Reut]
  9. May 30 – Two American tourists were snatched from their vehicle by Bedouin gunmen near Dahab, in the South Sinai governorate. [AFP, Ahr, AP & Reut]
  10. Jun. 04 – Bedouin gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in the Wadi Firan area of the South Sinai governorate. A policeman was killed and three colleagues were wounded in the incident. [Reut]
  11. Jun. 04 – Three officers were injured when a band of Bedouin gunmen attacked a police station in the Wadi Firan area of the South Sinai governorate. [Reut]
  12. Jun. 15 – A tourist from Singapore was abducted by Bedouin gunmen in Sadr al-Haitan, in the South Sinai governorate. The captive was freed shortly afterwards. [AFP]
  13. Jun. 25 – Salafi Muslim thugs stabbed and critically wounded a university student after he had shown public affection for his girlfriend at a park in the city of Suways. The young man succumbed to his injuries a week later. [Ahr & AP]

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)