Militant Incidents in Egypt (Jan. – Mar. 2013)

1. Jan. 02 – Assailants stabbed and wounded two secular protest organizers on a street in the city center of Qahira. The incident was attributed to Islamist thugs. [DNE]
2. Jan. 05 – Unidentified gunmen shot and killed an off-duty police officer as he was driving his car in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [AP]
3. Jan. 07 – Two elderly women of a prominent Christian family connected to the nationalist Wafd party were murdered at their residence in the city of Uqsur. [Ahr]
4. Jan. 11 – A group of terrorists opened fire at a police patrol in the Ouja area of the North Sinai governorate. Seven police officers were wounded in the shooting. [AFP, AP & DNE]
5. Jan. 12 – A band of unidentified assailants hurled firebombs at the tents of nationalist protestors outside the presidential palace in the city of Qahira. The assailants subsequently fired rubber bullets at security forces who tried to intervene. Fourteen people, including six soldiers and a policeman, were hurt in the incident. [Ahr, AP & Reut]
6. Jan. 23 – The offices of the Muslim Brotherhood’s news website was attacked with firebombs by a group of unknown thugs in the city of Qahira. [DNE]
7. Jan. 23 – Assailants threw two homemade incendiary bombs at an office of the Islamist FJP party in the city of Sadis min-Oktubar, in the Giza governorate. [Ahr]
8. Jan. 26 – Attackers set fire to a a revenue office and an office of the Islamist FJP party in the city of Damanhur, in the Beheira governorate. [DNE]
9. Jan. 26 – Two police stations were set ablaze by groups of unidentified thugs in the city of Suways. No one was hurt in the incidents. [DNE]
10. Jan. 26 – Thugs hurled firebombs at the social affairs’ ministry, a French high school and several university buildings in the city center of Qahira, causing large fires. Gunmen fired shots at civilians who tried to extinguish flames. No one was hurt in the incident. [Ahr]
11. Jan. 26 – An office of the Islamist FJP party was set alight by a group of unidentified thugs in the city of Ismailiya. Nobody was hurt in the attack. [DNE]
12. Jan. 27 – Unknown attackers sprayed gunfire at an office of the Islamist FJP party in the city of Dumyat. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [DNE]
13. Jan. 27 – An activist of the liberal Dostour party was abducted by Islamist thugs in Qahira. The victim was brutally tortured and beaten during captivity. He was released several days later, but succumbed to his wounds afterwards. [DNE]
14. Jan. 27 – Several police stations came under fire from gunmen affiliated to the secular opposition in the city of Bur Said. There were no reports of casualties. [Ahr]
15. Jan. 28 – Gunmen fired shots at an office of the Islamist FJP party in the city of Mansoura, in the Dakahliya governorate. No one was hurt in the attack. [Ahr]
16. Jan. 29 – A secular political activist was abducted and later shot to death by several unidentified attackers in the city of Qahira. No further information was available. [DNE]
17. Jan. 30 – Bands of gunmen opened fire at secular protestors at two separate locations in the city of Qahira. Two demonstrators were killed in the attacks. [Ahr]
18. Feb. 08 – Thugs affiliated to the secular opposition set fire to an office of the Islamist FJP party in the city of Mahalla, in the Gharbiya governorate. The incident occurred during disturbances by opposition supporters [DNE]
19. Feb. 11 – A secular political activist was abducted by Islamist militants from the city of Asher, in the Sharqiya governorate. The hostage sustained injuries when he was tortured during captivity. The victim was released three days later. [Ahr & DNE]
20. Feb. 14 – An activist of a secular political movement was abducted, beaten and tortured with boiling water by thugs linked to the Muslim Brotherhood on the outskirts of Qahira. The hostage was released the following day. [Reut]
21. Feb. 15 – Gunmen fired at a senior member of the moderate Islamist Wasat party as he was driving his car in the city of Dumyat. No one was wounded in the incident. [Ahr]
22. Feb. 22 – Several assailants set fire to an officer of the liberal Ghad el-Thawra party in central Qahira, causing considerable damage. [Ahr & DNE]
23. Feb. 27 – Thugs set fire to the provincial government headquarters in Mansoura, in the Dakahliya governorate during rowdy protests by oppositions activists. [Ahr]
24. Mar. 01 – A group of attackers firebombed a Coptic church in the village of Kom Ombo, in the Aswan governorate during riots by Muslims. [Ahr]
25. Mar. 02 – A police station was firebombed and damaged by thugs linked to the Muslim Brotherhood in the city of Bur Said. The attack occurred during rowdy protests by detractors of the government. [DNE]
26. Mar. 02 – Several Islamist thugs attacked protesters with knives during a demonstration by secular political activists in Iskandariya, injuring two activists. [DNE]
27. Mar. 04 – Unknown assailants fired at Egyptian troops and police forces on several occasions during a bout of rioting by government opponents in the city of Bur Said, killing two policemen. At least four other police officers and three soldiers were injured in the attacks. [Ahr & AM]
28. Mar. 04 – Motorcycle-borne militants hurled firebombs at the governorate authorities’ headquarters in the city of Dumyat. No one was hurt in the incident. [DNE]
29. Mar. 05 – Two policemen were stabbed and wounded by thugs during riots by anti-government protesters in the city of Bur Said. Assailants also set fire to the provincial government’s headquarters and a police station in the city. [Ahr & DNE]
30. Mar. 07 – Bedouin militants abducted a British executive of the American ExxonMobil oil company and his wife outside a bank in Ras Sidr, in the South Sinai governorate. Both Britons were released shortly afterwards. [AFP, Ahr, DNE & Reut]
31. Mar. 09 – A group of unidentified assailants torched the offices of a newspaper in Qahira, causing only damage. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [Ahr & DNE]
32. Mar. 15 – Thugs linked to the Muslim Brotherhood assaulted secular opposition activists protesting outside the headquarters of the organization in the Moqattam suburb of Qahira. At least one activist and four journalists covering the demonstration were hurt in the incident. [Ahr]
33. Mar. 22 – An Israeli man and a Norwegian woman were snatched from their car near Nuweiba, in the South Sinai governorate. The hostages were released a few days later. [Ahr, AP, DNE & Reut]
34. Mar. 22 – A Coptic opposition activist was abducted by thugs linked to elements within the Muslim Brotherhood in Qahira. The hostage sustained injuries when his captors brutally beat and flagellated him before he was released. [DNE]
35. Mar. 22 – Thugs firebombed an office of the Islamist FJP party in the city of Mahalla, in the Gharbiya governorate. The incident occurred during protests by opposition supporters. [Ahr & DNE]
36. Mar. 28 – Unidentified assailants set fire to an office of the Islamist FJP party in the town of Badr, in the Beheira governorate. Nobody was hurt in the attack. [Ahr]
37. Mar. 28 – Unknown thugs assaulted protesters at an opposition sit-in protest camp at a square in central Qahira. Two activists were wounded and several tents were burnt by the attackers. [Ahr]
38. Mar. 29 – An activist of the Islamist FJP party was abducted by thugs linked to local elements within the liberal Dostour party in the city of Iskandariya. The victim was released shortly afterwards. [Ahr]
39. Mar. 31 – Tents were burnt by a group of unidentified thugs who raided a protest camp of secular opposition activists in the city center of Qahira. [DNE]

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)