Militant Incidents in Egypt (November 2015)

by | Feb 19, 2017 | Egypt Coverage, Incident Reports

Total casualties

33 fatalities

39 injuries

Total incidents

Civilian casualty ratio

%

Frequent modalities

  • Targeted shootings (4)
  • Suicide car bombings (2)
  • Gun assaults (2)

Frequent targets

  • General population (3)
  • Deployed police units (2)
  • Secular political activists (2)

Deadliest attacks

  • Nov. 11 – Arish (9 deaths)
  • Nov. 24 – Arish (7 deaths)
  • Nov. 28 – Giza (4 deaths)

Overview of incidents

  1. Nov. 04 – A suicide terrorist detonated an explosives-laden truck outside a police facility in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Three policemen were killed in the attack. Five other police officers and five civilians were wounded in the blast. The DaIWS asserted responsibility for the bombing. [AFP, Ahr, AM, AP, DNE & Reut]
  2. Nov. 06 – A civilian was killed when a car bomb exploded prematurely as two terrorists were driving it towards an unknown target in the town of Abu Kabir, in the Sharqiya governorate. [Ahr, AM, Baw & CP]
  3. Nov. 11 – Eight members of a family who cooperated with the Egyptian security forces were shot to death by terrorists who raided their home in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. The assailants fired at two passing cars as they retreated from the scene, killing one of the passengers and injuring another. [AFP, Ahr, AM, CP & EI]
  4. Nov. 12 – Motorcycle-borne gunmen opened fire at a church in the Haram suburb of Giza, sparking a shootout with policemen guarding the premises. One officer was injured in the incident. [Ahr, AP, Baw, CP & EI]
  5. Nov. 13 – Two civilians were shot to death by terrorists on the western outskirts of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [Ahr]
  6. Nov. 16 – Assailants stabbed and injured an election candidate for the Salafi Islamist Nour party in the city of Zagazig, in the Sharqiya governorate. [Ahr & DNE]
  7. Nov. 16 – Gunmen shot and wounded an election candidate as he was traveling home near the village of Derb, in the Dakahliya governorate. [AM & CP]
  8. Nov. 17 – The son of an election candidate was abducted by unknown assailants in the Ismailiya governorate. The captors demanded the politician to withdraw his bid. [CP]
  9. Nov. 17 – Militants fired a mortar round at a military checkpoint south of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate, hitting a nearby house instead. One civilian was killed and four others were wounded in the incident. [Baw & EI]
  10. Nov. 23 – Three soldiers were killed and two colleagues were wounded when their patrol was struck in a roadside bomb explosion in the Abu Tawil area of the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr, Baw, CP & EI]
  11. Nov. 23 – A roadside bomb exploded as a donkey cart passed by near the village of Goura, in the North Sinai governorate, killing two civilians. [Ahr, Baw & MY]
  12. Nov. 23 – Gunmen clashed with police forces during a shootout south of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. One policeman was killed in the incident. [Baw]
  13. Nov. 24 – A suicide terrorist detonated a car bomb outside a hotel where judges were staying in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Two militants subsequently stormed the building, with one of them firing at guests while the other blew himself up. Four policemen, two judges and a civilian were killed in the incident. Seventeen other people, including eight police officers and two judges, were wounded in the incident. The DaIWS claimed responsibility for the attack. [AFP, Ahr, AM, AP, Baw & Reut]
  14. Nov. 27 – A small bomb exploded in the town of Awsim, in the Giza governorate. No one was wounded in the attack. [Baw]
  15. Nov. 28 – Motorcycle-borne terrorists opened fire at a police vehicle near the town of Saqqara, in the Giza governorate, killing four officers. The DaIM claimed responsibility for the attack. [AFP, Ahr, AM, AP, DNE & Reut]
  16. Nov. 29 – Unidentified militants shot and injured a youth in the town of Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [MY]
  17. Nov. 29 – A young man was shot and wounded by unidentified assailants in the Masayid suburb of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [MY]

AFP: Agence France-Presse (France), Ahr: Ahram (Egypt), AM: Aswat Masriya (Egypt), AP: Associated Press (America), Baw: Bawaba (Egypt), BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation (Britain), CNN: Cable News Network (America), CP: Cairo Post (Egypt), DNE: Daily News Egypt (Egypt), EI: Egypt Independent (Egypt), MENA: Middle East News Agency (Egypt), MY: Masry al-Youm (Egypt), Reut: Reuters (Britain), SIS: State Information Service (Egypt), TNN: Tahrir News Network (Egypt)