Militant Incidents in Egypt (August 2016)

1. Aug. 02 – Motorcycle-borne militants opened fire at a police checkpoint in the Nahiya suburb of Giza. Three policemen sustained injuries in the incident. [Ahr, AM, Bal, DNE & EI]
2. Aug. 02 – A sniper shot and wounded a soldier in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [Bal]
3. Aug. 03 – A soldier was shot and injured by a sniper at a shooting range in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [Bal]
4. Aug. 05 – Two gunmen fired at former Egyptian grand mufti Ali Goma’a outside a mosque in Sadis min-Oktubar, in the Giza governorate, injuring a bodyguard. The attack was claimed by the HaH. [Ahr, AM, AP, Bal, DNE & EI]
5. Aug. 05 – A bomb planted outside a police station exploded as sanitation workers were collecting trash in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. One worker and three bystanders were killed in the blast. Three other people were hurt in the incident. [Ahr, Bal, Baw & DNE]
6. Aug. 08 – Five officers and a civilian were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed by in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr & Bal]
7. Aug. 08 – Unknown gunmen shot and killed a local civilian in the town of Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr]
8. Aug. 09 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police armored vehicle passed by in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, injuring one officer. [Bal]
9. Aug. 09 – Five policemen were injured when a roadside bomb went off next to their vehicle west of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. A civilian was also hurt in the blast. [Bal & DNE]
10. Aug. 09 – A soldier was killed and three colleagues were wounded when a military armored vehicle was struck in a roadside bomb explosion west of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [DNE]
11. Aug. 10 – A band of gunmen attacked a military checkpoint in Abu Tawila, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking a firefight in which two civilians were killed. Nineteen of the assailants were eliminated in the fighting. [DNE]
12. Aug. 12 – Gunmen opened fire at a police checkpoint in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate, injuring one officer. [Bal]
13. Aug. 14 – Terrorists bombed the apartment of a police officer in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, causing only damage. [DNE]
14. Aug. 15 – Militants fired mortar rounds at a water tanker truck in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate, killing three soldiers and two civilians. [DNE]
15. Aug. 15 – A soldier was killed in a landmine blast during gun battles between a band of terrorists and security forces in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr, AM & Bal]
16. Aug. 15 – A suicide truck bomb exploded close to a military checkpoint in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. The device detonated prematurely when a soldier fired at the speeding vehicle. No casualties were reported in the incident. [DNE]
17. Aug. 18 – Two soldiers were shot dead by snipers as they were manning an army checkpoint near the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. Another soldier was hurt in the incident. [Ahr & Bal]
18. Aug. 18 – Four soldiers were injured when gunmen attacked a military checkpoint on the outskirts of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [Bal]
19. Aug. 18 – Three small bombs exploded in the Muatamdiya suburb of Giza, injuring two civilians. Criminal elements were suspected in the incident. [Bal]
20. Aug. 19 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed by in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, killing one officer and injuring five colleagues. [Ahr, Bal & DNE]
21. Aug. 21 – Gunmen opened fire at a police checkpoint in Madinat as-Sadat, in the Menoufiya governorate, killing two officers and a security informer. Two other policemen and two civilians were wounded in the attack. The incident was claimed by the LeT. [Ahr, AP, Bal, DNE, EI & Reut]
22. Aug. 23 – Terrorists snatched a police officer from his car in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. The militants shot him to death in public two days later. [AP & Bal]
23. Aug. 23 – An army officer and a policeman were killed when gunmen shot up their vehicle in central Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Bal, Baw & DNE]
24. Aug. 24 – An attacker stabbed and injured a policeman guarding a church in the Nuzha suburb of Qahira. The assailant was shot to death in retaliatory gunfire. [AM, AP, Bal & EI]
25. Aug. 24 – Militants abducted a police officer after intercepting his vehicle in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [DNE]
26. Aug. 25 – Three policemen were shot and injured by unknown gunmen in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [Bal]
27. Aug. 29 – A roadside bomb exploded as a military vehicle passed by in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate, injuring two soldiers. [Bal]
28. Aug. 29 – Two police officers were injured when a gunman opened fire at a security checkpoint on a main avenue in the Haram suburb of Giza. [EI]
29. Aug. 29 – Militants opened fire at officers outside a police station in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking a gun battle in which two policemen were injured. Three of the gunmen were eliminated in the clashes. [Bal & Baw]
30. Aug. 30 – Two soldiers were injured when suspected DaIWS gunmen opened fire at a security checkpoint in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [Bal]
31. Aug. 31 – Four soldiers were wounded in clashes between militants and security forces conducting operations in Rafah and Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [DNE]

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