Militant Incidents in Egypt (November 2014)

1. Nov. 01 – Three street cleaners were wounded when a bomb exploded under a bridge in the city center of Qahira. [Ahr, AM, DNE & TNN]
2. Nov. 01 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military armored vehicle passed by in the Kharouba area of the North Sinai governorate, injuring two soldiers and one civilian. [AM & TNN]
3. Nov. 03 – Militants detonated a bomb as Egyptian troops were clearing houses to create a buffer zone along the border with the Gaza Strip in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [AM]
4. Nov. 04 – Assailants fired two mortar rounds at the governorate administration’s headquarters in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Nobody was injured in the incident. [Ahr, AM & DNE]
5. Nov. 05 – Three civilians sustained injuries when a bomb exploded aboard a suburban train in the Marg suburb of Qahira. [AP]
6. Nov. 05 – A bomb exploded aboard a train at the railway station of Menouf, in the Menoufiya governorate, killing two policemen and two civilians. Twelve other people were wounded in the attack. The blast occurred as security personnel examined the device after it had been discovered by passengers. [AFP, Ahr, AM, AP, DNE & EI]
7. Nov. 06 – A woman was hurt when a bomb exploded near a presidential palace in the city of Qahira. It was not clear who was behind the attack. [Ahr, AP & TNN]
8. Nov. 06 – Four civilians were kidnapped and subsequently shot to death by terrorists near the village of Sabil, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr & AM]
9. Nov. 07 – Unidentified assailants firebombed a bus parked in front of a Coptic church in the city center of Qahira. [TNN]
10. Nov. 07 – A group of gunmen attacked a military checkpoint in the Ismailiya governorate, killing a soldier and a civilian. [AM, EI & Reut]
11. Nov. 07 – A motorcycle-borne assailant hurled a bomb at a public bus in Qahira‘s Matariya suburb. The vehicle caught fire, but none of the passengers were hurt in the incident. [TNN]
12. Nov. 07 – Gunmen fired shots at police forces as they dispersed supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood during riots in the village of Defna, in the Fayoum governorate. Two policemen were hurt in the incident. [TNN]
13. Nov. 08 – Attackers hurled a hand grenade at security guards at a university campus in Qahira‘s Manial suburb. No one was hurt in the incident. [Ahr & DNE]
14. Nov. 09 – Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a police vehicle in the Fayoum governorate. A police officer was killed in the attack. [Ahr & DNE]
15. Nov. 11 – Ten civilians were wounded when a car bomb exploded outside an eatery in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. The device went off during efforts by security forces to defuse it. [Ahr, AM, EI, Reut & TNN]
16. Nov. 11 – A small bomb exploded outside a police station in the city of Beni Suef. No one was hurt in the incident. [DNE]
17. Nov. 11 – Militants fired two mortar rounds at a security checkpoint in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the shelling. [Ahr]
18. Nov. 11 – Terrorists abducted and subsequently shot dead two civilians near the town of Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr]
19. Nov. 12 – A bomb exploded next to a railroad track in the Sharqiya governorate. A second bomb went off later that day as workers were repairing the damaged. No one was hurt in the blasts. [Ahr & AM]
20. Nov. 12 – Dozens of terrorists in four fishing boats fired at a naval vessel off the coast of Dumyat, killing eight sailors and injuring five colleagues. At least five of the militants were eliminated in retaliatory gunfire. [AFP, Ahr, AM, DNE, EI & Reut]
21. Nov. 13 – Militants shot and killed three off-duty soldiers after dragging them from their taxi in the town of Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [AFP, AP, EI, Reut & TNN]
22. Nov. 13 – A small bomb exploded aboard a subway train in the city of Qahira. Sixteen people were hurt as frightened commuters subsequently stampeded. [AFP, Ahr, AM, AP, EI, MENA & SIS]
23. Nov. 13 – Two off-duty police officers were snatched from a bus by gunmen before they were shot to death near Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [AFP, Ahr, AP, EI, Reut & TNN]
24. Nov. 14 – A bomb planted on the side of a major road exploded east of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the blast. [TNN]
25. Nov. 14 – Motorcycle-borne gunmen shot and injured an officer outside a police station at an undisclosed location in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr & AM]
26. Nov. 18 – Militants fired mortar rounds at a security checkpoint near Nega Shabana, in the North Sinai governorate, hitting a house instead and killing ten members of a family. Another civilian was hurt in the incident. [AFP, Ahr, AM, DNE, EI & TNN]
27. Nov. 18 – Islamist thugs set fire to the parked car of the dean of the dentistry faculty at a university campus in the city of Qahira. [Ahr]
28. Nov. 20 – Assailants set fire to three public buses in the Sharqiya governorate. No further information was available. [AM]
29. Nov. 20 – A small bomb exploded at a railway station in the city center of Qahira. No one was hurt in the incident. [Ahr, AM, EI & TNN]
30. Nov. 20 – Six police officers sustained injuries when a bomb exploded close to a university campus in Helwan, in the Qahira governorate. The attack was claimed by the AM. [Ahr, AM & TNN]
31. Nov. 20 – Motorcycle-borne gunmen fired at two off-duty policemen in the Sharqiya governorate, killing an officer and injuring his colleague. [Ahr]
32. Nov. 21 – A police officer was abducted by Bedouin gunmen from the Wadi Firan area in the South Sinai governorate. [DNE & EI]
33. Nov. 22 – Unidentified militants bombed and damaged a section of a railroad track at an undisclosed location in the Sharqiya governorate. [AM]
34. Nov. 22 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army bus passed by in the Midan area of the North Sinai governorate. Three soldiers sustained injuries in the blast. [Ahr]
35. Nov. 22 – A bomb exploded outside a railway station in Wasta, in the Beni Suef governorate. The militant who had planted the bomb was killed in the blast. [Ahr, AM, DNE, EI & TNN]
36. Nov. 23 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed by in western Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. One policeman was killed and a colleague was injured in the blast. [Ahr, AM, DNE & TNN]
37. Nov. 23 – A band of terrorists attacked an Egyptian military checkpoint with bombs, mortar rounds and gunfire in the North Sinai governorate, setting off a series of gun battles in which eleven of the militants were eliminated. [Ahr, AM, DNE, EI & TNN]
38. Nov. 24 – A bomb exploded at an office of the welfare department in the Zeitoun suburb of Qahira. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [Ahr]
39. Nov. 26 – Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a police officer as he was walking to work in the Fayoum governorate. No further details were provided. [Ahr]
40. Nov. 26 – Three policemen were killed when terrorists raked their pickup truck with gunfire in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [AFP, Ahr & AM]
41. Nov. 27 – Militants captured and subsequently shot dead three civilians south of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [AM]
42. Nov. 28 – A police officer was shot and killed by a sniper in the Shatbi suburb of Iskandariya. The attack occurred during violent confrontations between Islamist protesters and security forces. [Ahr, AP, EI & Reut]
43. Nov. 28 – Gunmen opened fire at Egyptian troops at a parking lot in the Gesr al-Suways suburb of Qahira, killing an army officer and a soldier. Another soldier was hurt in the shooting. The ABaM claimed responsibility for the attack. [Ahr, AM, AP, DNE, EI & Reut]
44. Nov. 28 – Assailants hurled a small bomb at a bus station in the city center of Qahira. No one was hurt in the blast. [Ahr, AM & TNN]
45. Nov. 28 – Two officers and four civilians were wounded when assailants threw a bomb at a police vehicle in the town of Abu Kabir, in the Sharqiya governorate. [Ahr, AM, EI, Reut & TNN]
46. Nov. 28 – A small bomb exploded on a street in Qahira‘s Heliopolis suburb. No casualties were reported in the blast. [AM]
47. Nov. 28 – A soldier was wounded in a drive-by shooting attack by terrorists near Abu Zabal, in the Qalyubiya governorate. The incident was claimed by the ABaM. [Ahr, AM, AP, DNE & TNN]
48. Nov. 28 – Gunmen fired shots at police forces during violent confrontations between Islamist protesters and security forces in the Matariya suburb of Qahira. No officers were hurt in the incident. [TNN]
49. Nov. 28 – Two bombs exploded as security personnel arrived at the site where militants had erected a barricade on a street in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Two soldiers and four policemen were hurt in the blasts. The attack was claimed by the ABaM. [Ahr, AP, DNE, Reut & TNN]

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)