Militant Incidents in Egypt (Apr.-Jun. 2019)

by | Jul 19, 2019 | Egypt Coverage, Incident Reports

Total casualties

48 fatalities

89 injuries

Total incidents

Sinai Peninsula
(share of incidents)

%

Overview of incidents

  1. Apr. 07, 2019 – Gunmen opened fire at a police patrol in the Nozha suburb of Qahira, killing two officers and injuring two colleagues. [Ahr, Bal, DNE, EI & MY]
  2. Apr. 09, 2019 – A soldier was killed and a colleague was wounded when a bomb exploded during an attempt to defuse it in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [DNE & MY]
  3. Apr. 09, 2019 – A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint in Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate, killing five officers and three civilians. At least 27 other people, including three policemen, were wounded in the blast. The attack was claimed by the DaIWS. [Ahr, DNE, EI, ITIC & MM]
  4. Apr. 09, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded as two military vehicles passed by west of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, killing two soldiers and two occupants of a nearby car. Another civilian was hurt in the blast. The DaIWS asserted responsibility for the attack. [MM & SS]
  5. Apr. 12, 2019 – Two terrorists attacked a police checkpoint in Ayoun Moussa, in the South Sinai governorate, setting off a gun battle in which both assailants were eliminated. Four policemen were wounded in the incident. [Ahr, ITIC, MM, MY & SS]
  6. Apr. 12, 2019 – Muslim thugs ransacked a Coptic Christian church in the village of Khalaf Allah Jaber, in the Sohag governorate. Three Christians were assaulted and injured in the incident. [ICC]
  7. Apr. 14, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army truck passed by in the village of Abu al-Araj, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [SS]
  8. Apr. 15, 2019 – An army tank was hit in a roadside bomb blast south of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [ITIC & SS]
  9. Apr. 15, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed by near the village of Midan, in the North Sinai governorate. Three policemen were wounded in the incident. [MM]
  10. Apr. 17, 2019 – Gunmen opened fire at a minibus carrying construction workers near Sebika, in the North Sinai governorate. Nobody was hurt in the shooting. [MM]
  11. Apr. 22, 2019 – A Coptic Christian priest was shot to death by terrorists as he was traveling on a highway west of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [ITIC]
  12. Apr. 24, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded as army unit passed by in western Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [ITIC]
  13. Apr. 25, 2019 – A roadside bomb went off as a military vehicle passed by west of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No further details were available. [ITIC]
  14. May 01, 2019 – Four soldiers were wounded an army vehicle was struck in a roadside bomb explosion in southern Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [MM]
  15. May 07, 2019 – A Coptic Christian man was stabbed to death by a man who disapproved of his religion on a street in the city of Qahira. [ICC]
  16. May 10, 2019 – Unidentified gunmen shot and killed two young women in separate incidents in Sheihk Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. [MM]
  17. May 11, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded next to an army tank east of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No casualties were reported in the incident. [ITIC & SS]
  18. May 11, 2019 – A civilian was shot and injured by unknown assailants in the village of Abu Tawila, in the North Sinai governorate. [MM]
  19. May 15, 2019 – Five soldiers were killed and four colleagues were injured in fighting with terrorists during a series of military operations across the North Sinai governorate. At least 47 militants were eliminated in the offensive. [Ahr, DNE, EI & MY]
  20. May 19, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded as a bus carrying tourists passed by in the Haram suburb of Giza. Ten South African tourists and four Egyptians in a nearby car were injured in the blast. [AFP, Ahr, AP, Bal, DNE & EI]
  21. May 20, 2019 – Gunmen shot and killed an army informer in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. The DaIWS claimed responsibility for the incident. [MM]
  22. May 20, 2019 – Cadres of the HaH opened fire at police forces during a raid on their hideout in Sadis min-Oktubar, in the Giza governorate, sparking a gun battle in which seven of the militants were eliminated. [Ahr]
  23. May 21, 2019 – A member of a Bedouin defense militia was shot to death by unknown attackers in the village of Barth, in the North Sinai governorate. [MM & SS]
  24. May 29, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army vehicle passed by south of Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate. No casualties were reported in the incident. [ITIC]
  25. Jun. 03, 2019 – A bomb went off near a security checkpoint south of Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. Several soldiers were hurt in the blast. [ITIC]
  26. Jun. 05, 2019 – Eight policemen were killed when militants attacked two security checkpoints in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Five of the attackers were eliminated in retaliatory gunfire. The DaIWS asserted responsibility for the attack. [AFP, Ahr, Ara, BBC, DNE & MY]
  27. Jun. 06, 2019 – Terrorists opened fire at security forces who besieged the house in which they were holed up in the Masa’ed suburb of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, sparking gun battles in which eight of the militants were eliminated. [MM & MY]
  28. Jun. 07, 2019 – Gunmen opened fire at a security checkpoint in southern Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [Ara]
  29. Jun. 12, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army vehicle passed by near the village of Midan, in the North Sinai governorate, injuring five soldiers. The DaIWS asserted responsibility for the attack. [MM]
  30. Jun. 12, 2019 – Cadres of the DaIWS snatched eleven construction workers from their vehicles on a highway near the village of Rawda, in the North Sinai governorate. [MM & SS]
  31. Jun. 16, 2019 – A sniper shot and killed a soldier in the village of Masura, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [ITIC]
  32. Jun. 16, 2019 – An elder of a Bedouin tribe and his son were kidnapped by DaIWS militants from their farm near Rawda, in the North Sinai governorate. [MM]
  33. Jun. 22, 2019 – DaIWS militants opened fire at two vehicles carrying construction workers involved in erecting security barriers in southern Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Four laborers were killed and five others were wounded in the attack. [ITIC & MM]
  34. Jun. 25, 2019 – Bands of terrorists simultaneously attacked three police checkpoints in the city center of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, killing seven officers and a bystander. Nine other people, including seven policemen, were wounded in the incident. One of the attackers blew himself up during the incident, while three other militants were killed in retaliatory gunfire. [Ahr, Ara, DNE, EI, MM & Y7]
  35. Jun. 26, 2019 – Gunmen belonging to the DaIWS attacked two police checkpoints on the western outskirts of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, injuring two officers. [ITIC & MM]
  36. Jun. 29, 2019 – Militants blew up an electricity pylon in the south of the North Sinai governorate, disrupting energy supply in the area, [ITIC & SS]
  37. Jun. 30, 2019 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army vehicle passed by in Sheikh Zuweid, in the North Sinai governorate, injuring five soldiers. [ITIC & SS]

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 (Egypt), 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)