Militant Incidents in Egypt (Jan.-Mar. 2019)

by | Apr 14, 2019 | Egypt Coverage, Incident Reports

Total casualties

44 fatalities

42 injuries

Total incidents

Sinai Peninsula
(share of incidents)

%

Overview of incidents

  1. Jan. 05 – A police officer was killed and two colleagues were injured when a bomb exploded during efforts to defuse the device near a church in the Nassr City suburb of Qahira. [AFP, Ahr, DNE, Esh & MM]
  2. Jan. 06 – Two soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded as a military patrol passed by in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [MAITIC]
  3. Jan. 06 – A roadside bomb went off next to an army bulldozer in Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate, injuring the driver. [MAITIC]
  4. Jan. 07 – An army vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb blast near Mahdiya, in the North Sinai governorate. No casualties were reported. [SS]
  5. Jan. 10 – Gunmen opened fire at workers who were repairing electricity pylons on the eastern outskirts of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. One of the workers were killed and two others were wounded in the incident. [AVSI]
  6. Jan. 10 – A military bulldozer was struck in a roadside bomb blast in the village of Daheir, in the North Sinai governorate. There were no reports of casualties. [SS]
  7. Jan. 11 – Militants detonated a roadside bomb as an army vehicle passed by south of Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [MAITIC]
  8. Jan. 14 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army convoy passed by in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. A soldier was killed and four others were injured in the incident. [AP & SS]
  9. Jan. 14 – A sniper shot and wounded a soldier at a security checkpoint in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [MAITIC]
  10. Jan. 16 – A band of terrorists raided a hospital and set fire to two ambulances in the town of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [MAITIC & MM]
  11. Jan. 17 – Militants snatched a Coptic Christian police forensic expert from a taxi at a roadblock near the village of Mazar, in the North Sinai governorate. The assailants opened fire at a police patrol as they left the scene, sparking a gun battle in which three officers were injured. One of the attackers was killed in the clash. [AP & MM]
  12. Jan. 20 – Two members of a Bedouin tribal defense militia were killed and a colleague was injured when their vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb blast south of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [MAITIC]
  13. Jan. 24 – A soldier was shot and killed by a sniper west of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [SS]
  14. Jan. 27 – Gunmen clashed with Egyptian security forces during a firefight in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [SS]
  15. Feb. 01 – A roadside bomb went off as a vehicle carrying members of a Bedouin tribal defense militia passed by near the village of Barth, in the North Sinai governorate. Two militiamen were killed and another one was wounded in the incident. [MAITIC]
  16. Feb. 01 – A soldier was killed in a gun battle with militants when security forces raided their hideout in the Fayoum governorate. Eight terrorists were eliminated in the encounter. [AVSI]
  17. Feb. 01 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army patrol passed by near Midan, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [MAITIC]
  18. Feb. 05 – Gunmen attacked a security checkpoint south of Kharija, in the Wadi el-Gadid governorate, injuring four police officers. The DaIISh asserted responsibility for the incident. [MAITIC & SS]
  19. Feb. 06 – Militants burnt equipment and vehicles of construction workers involved in army projects in the south of the North Sinai governorate. [SS]
  20. Feb. 10 – Two military vehicles were hit in separate roadside bomb blasts on the outskirts of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [MAITIC]
  21. Feb. 11 – Three soldiers were killed and a colleague was wounded when terrorists opened fire at a military unit in the village of Abu Shanar, in the North Sinai governorate. [MAITIC]
  22. Feb. 12 – One soldier was killed when gunmen fired at an army unit conducting operations south of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [MAITIC]
  23. Feb. 15 – Unidentified attackers hurled two bombs at a police checkpoint in the city of Giza. A civilian sustained injuries in one of the blasts. [Ahr, EI & Sho]
  24. Feb. 16 – A band of militants bombed and subsequently stormed a security checkpoint in the Safa suburb of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, killing fifteen soldiers and injuring five colleagues. Seven of the assailants were also killed in the incident. The DaIWS claimed responsibility for the attack. [Ahr, DNE, MAITIC, MM & SS]
  25. Feb. 18 – Three police officers were killed and three colleagues were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up as security personnel tried to apprehend him in the Darb al-Ahmar suburb of Giza. Two civilians were also hurt in the blast. [Ahr, DNE, EI & MY]
  26. Feb. 19 – A group of gunmen clashed with security forces during a firefight on the western outskirts of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No casualties were reported in the incident. [MM]
  27. Feb. 25 – Suspected DaIWS fighters attacked an army checkpoint in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking a round of clashes. No one was hurt in the fighting. [MAITIC]
  28. Mar. 07 – A policeman was injured when HaH militants opened fire at officers who tried to stop their vehicle in the city of Sadis min-Oktubar, in the Giza governorate. Three terrorists were eliminated in retaliatory gunfire. [Ahr, DNE & MM]
  29. Mar. 10 – A man from the Gaza Strip was abducted, tortured and eventually executed by unidentified assailants in the North Sinai governorate. [MM]
  30. Mar. 11 – Three soldiers were killed in fighting with terrorists during operations by the Egyptian army in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr, DNE & MY]
  31. Mar. 14 – A band of militants fought with Egyptian troops during a gun battle in the south of the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [SS]
  32. Mar. 21 – DaIWS militants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a military armored vehicle near Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [MAITIC]
  33. Mar. 21 – A soldier was killed and several colleagues were wounded when terrorists detonated a roadside bomb as a military foot patrol passed by on the outskirts of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [MAITIC & SS]
  34. Mar. 25 – Suspected DaIWS militants bombed and shot up an army convoy near Mount Halal, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [MAITIC]
  35. Mar. 26 – A group of gunmen attacked a minibus carrying road construction workers near the town of Nakhel, in the North Sinai governorate, killing a policeman and two laborers. Ten other workers were wounded in the incident. A soldier was abducted and later shot to death by the terrorists. The incident was claimed by the DaIWS. [MAITIC & MM]
  36. Mar. 27 – Two construction workers involved in army projects were killed when their vehicle was struck in a roadside bomb blast south of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [MAITIC]

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), CA: Cerus Intel Archives (Belgium), CNN: Cable News Network (America), CP: Cairo Post (Egypt), DNE: Daily News Egypt (Egypt), EDR: Egypt Defense Review (International), EI: Egypt Independent (Egypt), EOHR: Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (Egypt), Esh: Esshad (Egypt), HRW: Human Rights Watch (America), IKC: Ibn Khaldoun Center (Egypt), MAITIC: Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (Israel), MENA: Middle East News Agency (Egypt), MM: Mada Masr (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), SS: Shahed Sina’a (Egypt), ToI: Times of Israel (Israel), TNN: Tahrir News Network (Egypt), Y7: Youm 7 (Egypt), Wat: Watan (Egypt)