Militant Incidents in Egypt (Oct. – Dec. 2012)

1. Oct. 06 – Gunmen sprayed gunfire at the home of a Coptic Christian family in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. Nobody was wounded in the attack. [AFP & DNE]
2. Oct. 08 – Four activists of a liberal youth movement were hurt when thugs assaulted them while they distributed flyers in Helwan, in the Qahira governorate. [DNE]
3. Nov. 03 – Militants ambushed a police vehicle in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, killing three officers and injuring a colleague. [Ahr, AP, DNE & Reut]
4. Nov. 06 – A police chief was seriously wounded when gunmen raked his car with gunfire on a bridge in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr, AP & DNE]
5. Nov. 10′ – A Coptic woman was hurt in an assault by a group of female Islamist thugs aboard a subway train in the city of Qahira. [DNE]
6. Nov. 11 – Unidentified gunmen attacked a military base in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [Ahr & DNE]
7. Nov. 12 – A police station came under fire from gunmen in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. No casualties were reported in the attack. [DNE]
8. Nov. 21 – Thugs affiliated to the opposition hurled firebombs at the studios of the Qatari al-Jazeera television news station in central Qahira. [Ahr & AP]
9. Nov. 22 – Gunmen opened fire at an MFO peacekeepers’ patrol near Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [DNE]
10. Nov. 23 – An office of the Islamist FJP party was set on fire by thugs during rowdy protests by opposition supporters in the city of Bur Said. [AFP & DNE]
11. Nov. 23 – A socialist political activist and his wife were injured when thugs attacked them with swords and sticks in the Smouha suburb of Iskandariya. [Ahr]
12. Nov. 23 – Assailants set fire to an office of the Islamist FJP party during protests by opposition supporters in the city of Ismailiya. [AFP & DNE]
13. Nov. 24 – A bomb exploded at a compound of the Egyptian intelligence agency in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate, causing only damage. [DNE & Reut]
14. Nov. 24 – Thugs fired fireworks into a crowd of protesters demonstrating against the policy of president Morsi outside the supreme court in the city of Qahira. One of the demonstrators was hurt in the incident. [Ahr]
15. Nov. 25 – Four workers were wounded when a bomb exploded at a border security post under construction in the village of Quseima, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr, DNE & Reut]
16. Nov. 25 – Thugs hurled firebombs at an office of the Islamist FJP party in the city of Tanta, in the Gharbiya governorate. The incident occurred during rowdy protests by detractors of Egyptian president Morsi. [Ahr]
17. Nov. 27 – Unknown assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades at a cement factory in the North Sinai governorate, causing only damage. [DNE]
18. Nov. 27 – Gunmen linked to the Muslim Brotherhood opened fire at opposition activists participating in a protest rally outside an office of the Islamist FJP party in the city of Mahalla, in the Gharbiya governorate. No casualties were reported in the incident. [DNE]
19. Dec. 01 – An opposition activist was abducted by unknown assailants as he took a taxi in central Qahira. The hostage was released unharmed later that day. [DNE]
20. Dec. 05 – Assailants affiliated to the opposition set fire to an office of the Islamist FJP party in the city of Ismailiya. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [AP & Reut]
21. Dec. 06 – The headquarters of the Islamist FJP party was set on fire by thugs affiliated to the opposition in the Moqattam suburb of Qahira. [Ahr, DNE & Reut]
22. Dec. 06 – An office of the Islamist FJP party was set ablaze by a band of thugs linked to the opposition in the Ma’adi suburb of Qahira. [Reut]
23. Dec. 06 – The local headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood was set on fire by a group of unidentified thugs in the city of Suways. [Ahr & MENA]
24. Dec. 07 – A former member of parliament was dragged from his car before being injured in an assault by thugs linked to the Muslim Brotherhood during protests in Qahira. [DNE]
25. Dec. 11 – Approximately twenty gunmen fired at a protest camp of opposition activists in the city center of Qahira. Ten protesters and a security guard were hurt in the shooting. [DNE]
26. Dec. 15 – Assailants fired shots and hurled firebombs as an office of the nationalist Wafd party during protests by Salafi Muslims in the Dokki suburb of Giza. Two people were injured in the incident. [DNE, MENA & Reut]
27. Dec. 24 – The head of the judges’ association was hurt when unknown assailants attacked him with stones as he left a meeting in Qahira. [DNE]
28. Dec. 31 – Gunmen shot and seriously injured a liberal opposition activist who was participating in a sit-in protest on a busy square in the city of Qahira. [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)