Militant Incidents in Egypt (June 2016)

1. Jun. 01 – Five civilians were wounded when a bomb exploded in a residential neighborhood of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [EI]
2. Jun. 03 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police armored vehicle passed by in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Six policemen were wounded in the attack. [Baw]
3. Jun. 03 – Terrorists blew up a section of an electricity line near Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate, disrupting power supply in the area. [EI]
4. Jun. 05 – A policeman was wounded when gunmen attacked a checkpoint in the south of the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [EI]
5. Jun. 06 – A police officer was killed when suspected DaIWS gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [DNE]
6. Jun. 06 – Four policemen were seriously wounded in a gun battle between DaIM fighters and security forces raiding their hideout in Ras el-Bar, in the Dumyat governorate. Three terrorists were eliminated in the clash. [Ahr, AM, DNE & EI]
7. Jun. 07 – A roadside bomb went off as a police patrol passed by in Karm al-Qawadis, in the North Sinai governorate, injuring one officer. [EI]
8. Jun. 09 – A bomb exploded outside a branch of a Qatari bank in the Dakahliya governorate. The terrorist who had planted the device was killed in the blast. [Baw]
9. Jun. 10 – Gunmen attacked an army checkpoint in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. One soldier was killed in the incident. [DNE]
10. Jun. 11 – Suspected DaIWS militants shot and killed two civilians who refused cooperation with the terrorists south of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [DNE]
11. Jun. 11 – A taxi driver who often delivered food to an Egyptian army base was shot dead by suspected DaIWS terrorists in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [DNE]
12. Jun. 15 – A band of gunmen simultaneously attacked two military checkpoints in the village of Touma, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking a round of gun battles in which about twenty of the assailants were eliminated. [DNE]
13. Jun. 16 – Two police officers were shot to death by terrorists at their homes in the Masayid suburb of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr, AP, Bal, Baw, DNE & EI]
14. Jun. 16 – Gunmen opened fire at a police patrol on the outskirts of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. An officer was killed in the incident. [Bal & Baw]
15. Jun. 19 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed by in the village of Hina, in the North Sinai governorate, killing one officer and injuring a colleague. [Ahr, AM, Bal, Baw & DNE]
16. Jun. 19 – Three policemen sustained injuries when their vehicle was struck in a roadside bomb explosion in the south of the North Sinai governorate. [Bal & Baw]
17. Jun. 19 – Unidentified militants shot and killed a police officer outside his house in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr, AM, Baw & DNE]
18. Jun. 21 – Six police officers were wounded when their armored vehicle was struck in a roadside bomb explosion in Qasima, in the North Sinai governorate. [DNE]
19. Jun. 21 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed by west of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, wounding one officer. [Bal, Baw & EI]
20. Jun. 21 – Militants fired at an army unit in the village of Sidut, in the North Sinai governorate. Two soldiers sustained injuries in the shooting. [Baw & EI]
21. Jun. 22 – Gunmen opened fire at officers after they had left a police station in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Two policemen were killed in the attack. [Ahr, AM, Bal, Baw & DNE]
22. Jun. 23 – A soldier was shot dead by a sniper as he was participating in a training session at an army shooting range in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [Bal & Baw]
23. Jun. 25 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military vehicle passed by in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate, killing two soldiers and injuring three others. The DaIWS was suspected in the incident. [DNE]
24. Jun. 25 – A roadside bomb went off next to a passing police vehicle in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the blast. [Bal & Baw]
25. Jun. 26 – A sniper shot and killed a soldier manning a security checkpoint in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [EI]
26. Jun. 26 – Terrorists opened fire at a bus carrying workers in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, killing one passenger and injuring three others. [Bal]
27. Jun. 29 – Militants detonated a roadside bomb as a police armored vehicle passed by in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate, killing one officer and injuring two colleagues. [Bal, Baw & EI]
28. Jun. 30 – A policeman was killed and four colleagues were wounded when their patrol was hit in a roadside bomb explosion in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr, Bal, DNE, EI & Reut]
29. Jun. 30 – A group of gunmen opened fire at a military border patrol near Farafra, in the Wadi el-Gadid governorate. Six soldiers were killed and three colleagues were wounded in the incident. [AFP, Ahr, AM, Bal & DNE]
30. Jun. 30 – A police officer was wounded when gunmen fired at an ambulance in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Bal]
31. Jun. 30 – A Coptic Christian priest was shot to death by terrorists as he was fixing his car in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. The DaIWS claimed responsibility for the attack. [AFP, Ahr, Baw, DNE, EI & Reut]

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