Militant Incidents in Egypt (January 2014)

1. Jan. 01 – A Coptic Christian youth was shot and critically injured by a gunman with links to the Muslim Brotherhood as he returned home from a church service in Qahira‘s Ain Shams suburb. The victim succumbed to his wounds shortly afterwards. [DNE]
2. Jan. 01 – A policeman was shot and wounded by gunmen during rowdy protests by Muslim Brotherhood supporters in the city of Qahira. [DNE]
3. Jan. 02 – Three officers were injured when a militant detonated three small bombs as he was being interrogated at a police station in Shubra el-Kheima, in the Qalyubiya governorate. [DNE]
4. Jan. 03 – Four soldiers were wounded when three roadside bombs exploded as an Egyptian army convoy passed by near Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr & AP]
5. Jan. 04 – A roadside bomb exploded as an armored military vehicle passed by south of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. A soldier was killed and at least two colleagues were injured in the attack. [AFP, Ahr, DNE & Reut]
6. Jan. 04 – An officer was wounded when thugs linked to the Muslim Brotherhood firebombed a police car outside a university campus in the city of Qahira. [DNE]
7. Jan. 05 – Thugs firebombed a police post in the town of Sadat, in the Menoufiya governorate. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [Ahr]
8. Jan. 07 – Four trade union activists were abducted by militants as they were traveling in a car in the South Sinai governorate. Three of the hostages were released more than a week later. [AFP & Ahr]
9. Jan. 07 – Assailants bombed and shot up a traffic police post in the Mohandaseen suburb of Giza. A civilian was hurt in the incident. [AFP, Ahr & Reut]
10. Jan. 10 – A policeman was shot and injured by a gunman during a bout of riots by proponents of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Matariya and Mostarad suburbs of Qahira. [Ahr]
11. Jan. 10 – A gunman shot and killed a street vendor during riotous protests by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the city of Iskandariya. [Ahr & DNE]
12. Jan. 12 – Thugs set fire to a guard booth outside the main police station in Giza‘s Dokki suburb during rowdy protests by supporters of deposed president Morsi. [DNE]
13. Jan. 14 – A bomb exploded at a courthouse in the Imbaba suburb of Giza, causing major damage. No one was hurt in the incident. [AFP, Ahr, AP & DNE]
14. Jan. 14 – A leader of the Salafi Islamist Nour party was assaulted and injured by thugs linked to the Muslim Brotherhood who intercepted his car in the village of Shobak, in the Giza governorate. [Ahr]
15. Jan. 14 – Thugs linked to the Muslim Brotherhood fired at civilians who were participating in the constitutional elections in the city of Sohag, killing two people and injuring seven others. Two of the wounded were policemen. [Ahr & DNE]
16. Jan. 15 – Unknown gunmen fired shots at a polling station in Kerdasa, in the Giza governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [Ahr & AP]
17. Jan. 15 – Assailants set fire to a traffic police booth in the Heliopolis suburb of Qahira. Nobody was hurt in the attack. [Ahr]
18. Jan. 15 – Militants opened fire at a policeman and his family as they left their house in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate, killing the officer’s wife. The officer and his his daughter were wounded in the incident. [DNE]
19. Jan. 17 – A policeman was shot and injured by a gunman as security forces tried to contain riots by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Gesr el-Suways suburb of Qahira. [Ahr]
20. Jan. 17 – A group of unknown terrorists blew up a segment of a gas pipeline near Risan, in the North Sinai governorate. [AFP, Ahr, AP & DNE]
21. Jan. 17 – Thugs set fire to a police checkpoint during a riotous demonstration by proponents of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Ain Shams suburb of Qahira. [Ahr]
22. Jan. 23 – Motorcycle-borne terrorists fired at a security checkpoint in Wasta, in the Beni Suef governorate, killing five police officers and wounding two colleagues. [Ahr, AP, DNE & Reut]
23. Jan. 24 – A car bomb exploded at the parking lot of a police station in the city center of Qahira, killing three officers and a civilian. At least 76 other people were wounded in the blast. An important Islamic arts museum suffered major damage in the blast. The ABaM claimed responsibility for the attack. [AFP, Ahr, AP, DNE & Reut]
24. Jan. 24 – An officer was killed and nine other people were wounded when assailants hurled a bomb at a police car in the Dokki suburb of Giza. One of the injured persons died of his injuries a week later. The incident was claimed by the AM. [AFP, Ahr, AP, DNE & Reut]
25. Jan. 24 – Two local journalists working for a German television news station were injured when thugs stabbed and beat them while reporting on an attack in the city of Qahira. [AFP & DNE]
26. Jan. 24 – Attackers hurled four grenades at police station in the Talbiya suburb of Giza. No one was hurt in the incident. The AM claimed responsibility for the bombing. [AFP, Ahr, AP, DNE & Reut]
27. Jan. 24 – Assailants hurled a bomb at police forces as they were dispersing a protest in front of a cinema in the city of Giza. A civilian was killed and seven others were wounded in the attack. The incident was claimed by the ABaM. [Ahr & DNE]
28. Jan. 25 – Militants attacked security forces protecting the airport near Goura, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. The attack was claimed by the ABaM. [DNE]
29. Jan. 25 – An Egyptian military helicopter was shot down by terrorists at an undisclosed location in the North Sinai governorate, killing five crew members. The ABaM claimed responsibility for the attack. [Ahr, AP, DNE & Reut]
30. Jan. 25 – A car bomb went off outside a police station in the city center of Suways, injuring sixteen people. It was not clear who was behind the attack. [AFP, Ahr, DNE & MA]
31. Jan. 25 – A soldier was shot and injured in an ambush by militants near Kharouba, in the North Sinai governorate. The incident was claimed by the ABaM. [DNE]
32. Jan. 25 – A civilian was wounded when a bomb exploded outside a police training facility in the Ain Shams suburb of Qahira. [AFP, Ahr & DNE]
33. Jan. 25 – Cadres of the ABaM fired mortar rounds at an army base in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the shelling. [DNE]
34. Jan. 26 – Three soldiers were killed and eleven colleagues were wounded when terrorists fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an army bus in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr, AP, DNE & Reut]
35. Jan. 27 – A section of a gas pipeline was blown up by a group of terrorists in Muqtadiba, in the North Sinai governorate. The ABaM claimed responsibility for the attack. [AFP, Ahr, AP & DNE]
36. Jan. 28 – Motorcycle-borne gunmen shot and killed a senior official of the Egyptian interior ministry as his his left his home in Giza‘s Haram suburb. The assassination was claimed by the ABaM. [Ahr, AP, DNE & Reut]
37. Jan. 28 – Assailants fired shots at a police checkpoint during a rowdy protest by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood on a highway in the city of Qahira. No one was hurt in the incident. [Ahr]
38. Jan. 28 – Gunmen shot and killed a police officer as he was guarding a church in the city of Sadis min-Oktubar, in the Giza governorate. [Ahr, DNE & Reut]
39. Jan. 30 – Unknown attackers bombed and destroyed the parked car of a prosecutor outside his house in the Minya governorate. [Ahr]
40. Jan. 31 – Two bombs exploded outside a riot police barracks in the Giza governorate. One police officer was hurt in the attack. [Ahr, AP & DNE]
41. Jan. 31 – Gunmen fired shots at supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood as they were protesting in the Matariya suburb of Qahira. No further information was available. [Ahr]

AFP: Agence France-Presse (France), Ahr: Ahram (Egypt), AM: Aswat Masriya (Egypt), AP: Associated Press (America), DNE: Daily News Egypt (Egypt), EI: Egypt Independent (Egypt), MA: Masry al-Youm (Egypt), MENA: Middle East News Agency (Egypt), Reut: Reuters (Britain), TNN: Tahrir News Network (Egypt), SIS: State Information Service (Egypt)