Militant Incidents in Egypt (November 2017)

by | Dec 10, 2017 | Egypt Coverage, Incident Reports

Total casualties

334 fatalities

135 injuries

Total incidents

Civilian casualty ratio

%

Overview of incidents

  1. Nov. 02 – A group of militants opened fire at a military checkpoint in the North Sinai government, sparking a shootout in which five of the attackers were eliminated. [Ahr, EI & Y7]
  2. Nov. 03 – A band of terrorists opened fire at a security checkpoint in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking a gun battle in which a soldier was injured. [Wat]
  3. Nov. 03 – Gunmen fired at security personnel west of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking a brief shootout. No one was hurt in the encounter. [Wat]
  4. Nov. 03 – A group of militants clashed with Egyptian soldiers during a gun battle south of Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [Wat]
  5. Nov. 04 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police patrol passed by in the Sabika area of the North Sinai governorate, injuring one officer. [MY & Wat]
  6. Nov. 04 – Terrorists shot and killed a civilian west of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. The victim had been abducted from his house a few days earlier. [Wat]
  7. Nov. 05 – Unidentified militants shot and killed a civilian as he was walking on a road south of Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [Wat]
  8. Nov. 08 – Terrorists abducted and subsequently executed a civilian near Shabana, in the North Sinai governorate. [Wat]
  9. Nov. 08 – A sniper shot and killed a soldier taking part in a military operation near Touma, in the North Sinai governorate. [Wat]
  10. Nov. 09 – A soldier was injured when a bomb exploded as security forces were conducting operations south of Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [Wat]
  11. Nov. 09 – A group of militants ambushed a convoy of trucks near Hasana, in the North Sinai governorate. The nine drivers were shot to death and their vehicles were set on fire by the assailants. The terrorists also executed a soldier accompanying the convoy. The DaIWS asserted responsibility for the attack. [MS, Reut & Wat]
  12. Nov. 13 – Unknown militants abducted a civilian as he was walking on a street in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Wat]
  13. Nov. 17 – A civilian was killed when gunmen raked a van with gunfire in central Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Wat]
  14. Nov. 18 – Terrorists shot and killed a civilian at his farm near the town of Hasana, in the North Sinai governorate. [Wat]
  15. Nov. 18 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed by in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [EI, Wat & Y7]
  16. Nov. 18 – Unidentified terrorists shot and killed a young man in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Wat]
  17. Nov. 19 – A police officer was shot to death by terrorists on a street in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Wat]
  18. Nov. 19 – A civilian was killed and his two children were injured when their vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb explosion in Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate. [Wat]
  19. Nov. 24 – Dozens of DaIWS bombed a Sufi mosque in Bir el-Abd, in the North Sinai governorate, before firing at worshippers. The terrorists killed 312 people and wounded 126 others in the attack. [AFP, Ahr, AP, Bal, CNN & DNE]
  20. Nov. 25 – Three civilians were killed and four others were wounded when a house was struck by a mortar round fired by militants in the town of Hasana, in the North Sinai governorate. [Wat]
  21. Nov. 27 – Militants simultaneously opened fire at a police vehicle and a nearby security checkpoint in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking gun battles in which three of the attackers were eliminated. [Wat & Y7]
  22. Nov. 30 – Gunmen fired at a security checkpoint near Sheikh Zuwaid, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking a shootout in which one of the assailants was killed. [MY]
  23. Nov. 30 – Unidentified gunmen abducted a young man on a street in the city center of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Wat]

AFP: Agence France-Presse (France), Ahr: Ahram (Egypt), AM: Aswat Masriya (Egypt), AP: Associated Press (America), Bal: Balad (Egypt) 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), MS: MENA Stream, MY: Masry al-Youm (Egypt), Reut: Reuters (Britain), Sho: Shorouk (Egypt), SHR: Sinai Human Rigths (Egypt), SIS: State Information Service (Egypt), SN: Sinai News (Egypt), TNN: Tahrir News Network (Egypt), Y7: Youm 7 (Egypt), Wat: Watan (Egypt)