Military Incidents in Egypt (December 2013)

1. Dec. 06 – Two civilians were shot and injured by thugs as Muslim Brotherhood supporters rampaged through Qahira‘s Alf Maskan suburb. Several fires were set during the violence. [IKC]
2. Dec. 12 – A car bomb exploded close to a police station in the city of Ismailiya, before the compound came under fire from several militants. A policeman was killed and about 35 other people, including twelve officers, were injured in the attack. [AFP, DNE, Reut & SIS]
3. Dec. 13 – Gunmen shot and wounded two policemen during riots by supporters of deposed president Morsi in the city of Fayoum. [AM]
4. Dec. 16 – A taxi driver was killed by having his throat slit by thugs after he had knocked over a demonstrator in a traffic accident at a protest by Muslim Brotherhood supporters in the city of Mansoura, in the Dakahliya governorate. [DNE & IKC]
5. Dec. 17 – A soldier was killed in a gun battle between a militant and Egyptian troops who raided his hideout in the city of Ismailiya. The terrorist was eliminated in the operation. [Ahr, AM & DNE]
6. Dec. 17 – A small bomb exploded at a public park in the Nassr City suburb of Qahira. No one was wounded in the blast. [Ahr, AM & DNE]
7. Dec. 19 – An Islamic militant blew himself up as police raided his apartment in northern Qahira. A policeman was hurt in the blast. [AFP & Ahr]
8. Dec. 19 – Motorcycle-borne terrorists sprayed gunfire at a police patrol in the city of Bur Said. One police officer was killed in the attack. [AM]
9. Dec. 20 – Militants opened fire at Egyptian troops conducting operations against the ABaM in the village of Mahdiya, in the North Sinai governorate, killing two soldiers and injuring eight colleagues. Three of the terrorists were eliminated in the ensuing gun battle. [AFP, Ahr, AM, DNE & Reut]
10. Dec. 20 – Gunmen fired shots at policemen as they tried to defuse riots by supporters of ousted president Morsi in the Nasser suburb of Qahira. No casualties were reported in the shooting. [DNE]
11. Dec. 24 – A suicide terrorist detonated his explosives-laden car outside a police station in the city of Mansoura, in the Dakahliya governorate. Sixteen people, including fourteen policemen, were killed and at least 134 others were wounded in the blast. The ABaM claimed responsibility for the attack. [AFP, Ahr, AM, AP & DNE]
12. Dec. 25 – Gunmen opened fire at Egyptian troops escorting a vehicle carrying school teachers near the village of Sadat, in the North Sinai governorate. Three teachers, the driver and his assistant were hurt in the attack. [DNE]
13. Dec. 26 – A roadside bomb exploded as a public bus passed by in the Nassr City suburb of Qahira, injuring five passengers. [AFP, Ahr, AP, DNE & Reut]
14. Dec. 29 – A bomb exploded next to an army intelligence office in the town of Anshas, in the Sharqiya governorate. Four soldiers were wounded in the attack. [AFP, Ahr, AM, AP, DNE & Reut]
15. Dec. 30 – A civilian was killed and another one was wounded when thugs stabbed bystanders at the venue of riotous demonstrations by supporters of ousted president Morsi in the city of Dumyat. [Ahr & AM]
16. Dec. 31 – A segment of a gas pipeline was blown up by militants in the North Sinai governorate. No one was injured in the incident. [AM, DNE & Reut]

AFP: Agence France-Presse (France), Ahr: Ahram (Egypt), AINA: Assyrian International News Agency (America), AM: Aswat Masriya (Egypt), AP: Associated Press (America), CNN: Cable News Network (America), DNE: Daily News Egypt (Egypt), EOHR: Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (Egypt), HRW: Human Rights Watch (America), IKC: Ibn Khaldoun Center (Egypt), MENA: Middle East News Agency (Egypt), Reut: Reuters (Britain), State Information Service (Egypt), ToI: Times of Israel (Israel)