Militant Incidents in Egypt (August 2014)

1. Aug. 03 – Terrorists fired mortar rounds at Egyptian troops conducting operations in the village of Shalak, in the North Sinai governorate. A child was killed and four others were wounded when their home was struck by one of the shells. [Ahr & AM]
2. Aug. 04 – Militants fired into an MFO peacekeepers’ base near the village of Goura, in the North Sinai governorate, injuring an American contractor. [AFP & Ahr]
3. Aug. 04 – Unidentified assailants hurled firebombs at a police station in Iskandariya, destroying two parked police cars. [Ahr]
4. Aug. 05 – An Egyptian soldier was shot and injured by unknown militants in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [AM]
5. Aug. 05 – Terrorists opened fire at policemen after the officers had stopped their vehicle at a security checkpoint in the Daba’a area of the Matrouh governorate. Five police officers were killed in the gun battle. Four of the assailants were eliminated in the encounter. [Ahr, AM, AP, DNE & Reut]
6. Aug. 06 – A group of gunmen opened fire at a security checkpoint in western Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate, setting off firefights in which a bystander was killed and two others were wounded. [Ahr & AM]
7. Aug. 06 – Gunmen shot and killed an American oil worker after intercepting his car in the Wadi al-Gadid governorate. The ABaM later claimed responsibility for the attack. [Ahr, AP & DNE]
8. Aug. 07 – A group of militants bombed and destroyed a segment of a gas pipeline near Quraya, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr]
9. Aug. 08 – A policeman was shot and injured by gunmen as security forces were trying to control a riot by proponents of the Muslim Brotherhood in Qahira‘s Matariya suburb. [Ahr]
10. Aug. 12 – A child sustained injuries when a bomb exploded as he examined it in the Ma’adi suburb of Qahira. No further details were provided. [Ahr, AM & EI]
11. Aug. 13 – One child was killed and two others were wounded when a rocket fired by Gazan militants struck their house in the town of Matalla, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr, AM & Reut]
12. Aug. 14 – An off-duty police officer was killed when motorcycle-borne militants raked his car with gunfire in Helwan, in the Qahira governorate. A relative of the officer was hurt in the incident. [Ahr, AM & EI]
13. Aug. 14 – Assailants attacked and destroyed several electricity pylons and mobile telephone towers across the Sharqiya governorate. [Ahr]
14. Aug. 17 – Gunmen fired at football club chairman Mortada Mansour as he left its facilities in the Zamalek suburb of Qahira. Two bystanders were wounded in the shooting. [Ahr]
15. Aug. 17 – A small bomb exploded outside a police academy in Qahira‘s Abbasiya suburb. No one was hurt in the attack. [Ahr]
16. Aug. 18 – Gunmen opened fire at a police car in the town of Sonta, in the Gharbiya governorate, killing one officer and seriously wounding a colleague. [Ahr, AM, AP, DNE & EI]
17. Aug. 18 – Four men who cooperated with the security forces were abducted and later beheaded by terrorists in the town of Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. The ABaM later claimed responsibility for the killings. [AFP, Ahr, AM, DNE & Reut]
18. Aug. 19 – A bomb exploded at a public park in the town of Maghagha, in the Minya governorate. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [Ahr]
19. Aug. 20 – Six policemen were hurt when a bomb exploded aboard their bus on a highway near Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr & AM]
20. Aug. 21 – Assailants hurled firebombs at an electric transformer in the town of Samallout, in the Minya governorate. No casualties were reported in the incident. [Ahr & AM]
21. Aug. 21 – Attackers firebombed electric transformers in the city of Mallawi, in the Minya governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [Ahr & AM]
22. Aug. 23 – A policeman was shot and killed by unknown militants near the border with Israel in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr]
23. Aug. 24 – Gunmen shot and critically injured a soldier as an army unit conducted operations in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr & AM]
24. Aug. 24 – Terrorists shot and killed a civilian as he was traveling to work in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr & AM]
25. Aug. 26 – A soldier was shot to death by militants at a security checkpoint near the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr]
26. Aug. 26 – An assailant hurled several firebombs at an electricity generator in the city of Bur Said. No one was hurt in the incident. [EI]
27. Aug. 27 – Unknown gunmen shot and injured an Egyptian soldier in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [EI]
28. Aug. 28 – A young man was kidnapped by militants near his home in the village of Naga Shabana, in the North Sinai governorate. The terrorists later decapitated the victim. [Ahr, AM & EI]
29. Aug. 30 – Two civilians were abducted and later beheaded by a group of terrorists near the village of Mahdiya, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr, AM & EI]
30. Aug. 30 – Attackers hurled firebombs at a police station under construction in Qahira‘s Ain Shams suburb, causing major damage. [EI]
31. Aug. 31 – Three policemen were hurt in a shootout with militants as security forces raided their hideout in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Two terrorists were eliminated in the operation. [Ahr, AM, AP & EI]

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)