Militant Incidents in Egypt (March 2016)

1. Mar. 01 – Militants shot and killed a civilian before stabbing his father to death on a square in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. The DaIWS asserted responsibility for the incident. [DNE]
2. Mar. 01 – Six police officers were wounded in a bomb explosion in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [Baw]
3. Mar. 02 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army patrol passed by near Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. Three soldiers were killed and at least one colleague was injured in the attack. The DaIWS claimed responsibility for the attack. [DNE]
4. Mar. 02 – Unidentified assailants hurled three firebombs at a police station in the town of Bagour, in the Menoufiya governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [MY]
5. Mar. 02′ – A police officer was killed in gun battles between a band of terrorists and security forces in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [Baw & DNE]
6. Mar. 03 – A soldier was killed and three colleagues were wounded when a military vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb blast in the village of Khreiz, in the North Sinai governorate. [Baw & DNE]
7. Mar. 03 – Militants detonated a roadside bomb as a police patrol passed by in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the blast. [Baw]
8. Mar. 04 – A bomb planted under a parked car exploded in front of an office of the investigative police department in the Mohandassin neighborhood of Giza. No one was hurt in the blast. [Baw, DNE & EI]
9. Mar. 04 – Bands of DaIWS militants attacked several army checkpoints in Karam el-Qawadis, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking a firefight in which four assailants were eliminated. [Baw & DNE]
10. Mar. 06 – Gunmen fired at Egyptian troops manning a security checkpoint in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. Five of the attackers were eliminated in the ensuing shootout. [Ahr & DNE]
11. Mar. 06 – A roadside bomb went off as a police vehicle passed by in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate, killing two officers and injuring one colleague. Gunmen later opened fire at an ambulance as it arrived at the scene, killing one paramedic. [Ahr, Baw, DNE & EI]
12. Mar. 07 – Two policemen were killed and five colleagues were injured when their vehicle was struck in a roadside bomb explosion west of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr & Baw]
13. Mar. 08 – An officer was killed an armored police vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb blast in the village of Mahdiya, in the North Sinai governorate. The DaIWS was responsible for the attack. [Baw & DNE]
14. Mar. 09 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police convoy passed by in the Faisal suburb of Giza. Three civilians were wounded in the blast. [Ahr, AP, Baw, DNE & MY]
15. Mar. 11 – Militants detonated a roadside bomb as a police patrol passed by in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate, killing one officer. [Baw & DNE]
16. Mar. 13 – Assailants hurled a firebombs at a security booth at a university campus in Kafr Saqr, in the Sharqiya governorate. Nobody was hurt in the attack. [MY]
17. Mar. 13 – A roadside bomb went off as a military convoy passed by south of Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [DNE]
18. Mar. 14 – A sniper shot and killed a soldier in the town of Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [Baw]
19. Mar. 14 – Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a police officer as he left his home in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr & Baw]
20. Mar. 15 – Three police officers were wounded in a bomb explosion in the town of Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [Baw]
21. Mar. 16 – A soldier was killed and two colleagues were injured when a military vehicle was struck in a roadside bomb blast at an undisclosed location in the North Sinai governorate. [Baw]
22. Mar. 17 – One officer was killed in a roadside bomb explosion that targeted a police patrol in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [AP & EI]
23. Mar. 17 – Militants launched a barrage of mortar shells into a military base in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. Five soldiers were killed and eight colleagues were wounded in the attack. [Ahr, AP & EI]
24. Mar. 19 – A group of militants fired mortar rounds a police checkpoint in the Safa suburb of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, killing fifteen officers. Three other policemen were reported missing following the incident. Five of the attackers were eliminated in the ensuing round of clashes. The DaIWS claimed responsibility for the attack. [AFP, Ahr, AP, Baw, DNE & EI]
25. Mar. 21 – A farmer was killed and another one was wounded when their tractor was hit in a landmine blast in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. Militants had recently planted the device. [Baw]
26. Mar. 22 – A roadside bomb exploded as a car passed by near the village of Mahdiya, in the North Sinai governorate, killing two civilians and injuring another one. [Baw]
27. Mar. 26 – Four policemen were wounded when their armored vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb blast in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Baw & DNE]
28. Mar. 27 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military armored vehicle passed by in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the blast. [Baw]
29. Mar. 30 – Terrorists opened fire at soldiers who tried to apprehend them near Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking a gun battle in which three militants were eliminated. [DNE]

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