Militant Incidents in Egypt (January 2017)

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

Total casualties

45 fatalities

52 injuries

Total incidents

Civilian casualty ratio

%

Overview of incidents

  1. Jan. 01 – A small bomb exploded outside a traffic police station in the Ma’adi suburb of Qahira. No one was hurt in the blast. [EI]
  2. Jan. 02 – Militants opened fire at police forces who raided a hideout of the DaIWS west of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate, injuring three officers and setting off a gun battle. [Bal]
  3. Jan. 02 – An Islamist militant killed a Christian liquor trader by slitting his throat as he was sitting outside his store in the Sidi Beshir suburb of Iskandariya. [Bal, Baw & DNE]
  4. Jan. 03 – Motorcycle-borne gunmen ambushed a police unit in the town of Abshway, in the Fayoum governorate, killing an officer and injuring another one. The incident was attributed to the HaH. [Bal & DNE]
  5. Jan. 06 – A band of militants attacked a military checkpoint south of Hasana, in the North Sinai governorate, injuring two soldiers and sparking a shootout in which four of the assailants were eliminated. [Baw & DNE]
  6. Jan. 06 – Group of terrorists fired rocket-propelled grenades and sprayed gunfire at two army sentry towers in the south of the North Sinai governorate. Two of the attackers were eliminated in the ensuing gun battles. [Baw & DNE]
  7. Jan. 06 – A truck bomb exploded at an army checkpoint in Malha, in the North Sinai governorate, before gunmen stormed the position. Three of the assailants were killed in the subsequently gun battle with security forces. [Baw & DNE]
  8. Jan. 09 – A suicide terrorist detonated his explosives-laden garbage truck at a checkpoint outside a police station in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. A group of twenty militants subsequently fired rocket-propelled grenades and sprayed gunfire at the stricken position. Seven policemen and a civilian were killed in the attack. At least 22 other people, including eleven officers, were hurt in the incident. Five assailants were eliminated in retaliatory fire. The DaIWS claimed responsibility for the incident. [AFP, Ahr, AP, Baw, EI & DNE]
  9. Jan. 09 – A police officer was killed when a group of militants attacked a security checkpoint in the Masayid suburb of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr, Baw & DNE]
  10. Jan. 10 – Gunmen belonging to the DaIWS shot and wounded a police officer in front of his house in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Bal]
  11. Jan. 11 – One officer was killed and one colleague was injured when a band of gunmen attacked parked police vehicles outside a hospital in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Baw & DNE]
  12. Jan. 11 – A band of militants attacked two security checkpoints in the Sheikh Zuwaid area of the North Sinai governorate, injuring one policeman and sparking gun battles in which about ten of the assailants were eliminated. [EI]
  13. Jan. 14 – A policeman was injured in a bomb explosion in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No further details were reported. [Bal]
  14. Jan. 16 – A bomb planted in a pile of garbage exploded on a street in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. One civilian was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. [Ahr & Bal]
  15. Jan. 16 – A civilian was shot and killed by militants south of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [Bal]
  16. Jan. 16 – Eight policemen were killed and three colleagues were injured when a band of gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in Naqab, in the Wadi el-Gadida governorate. Two of the assailants were eliminated in retaliatory gunfire. [Ahr, Bal, Baw, DNE, EI & Reut]
  17. Jan. 17 – Four soldiers sustained injuries when a military armored vehicle was struck in a roadside bomb explosion in the North Sinai governorate. [Bal & MS]
  18. Jan. 18 – Suspected DaIWS militants shot and killed a school teacher on a street in the city center of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Ahr & DNE]
  19. Jan. 20 – Unidentified militants shot and killed a teacher as he was driving his car in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Bal]
  20. Jan. 20 – A roadside bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed by on a highway in Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate, killing one officer and injuring two colleagues. [Bal]
  21. Jan. 21 – Eight civilians were killed when a house was struck by a mortar round fired by unidentified militants in southern Rafah, in the North Sinai governorate. [EI & Reut]
  22. Jan. 21 – Two policemen were injured when militants simultaneously attacked three security checkpoints on the outskirts of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. Several terrorists were eliminated in the fighting. [Ahr & EI]
  23. Jan. 22 – Five policemen were shot and killed execution style by terrorists who intercepted a minibus carrying officers on leave along a road north of Hassana, in the North Sinai governorate. The DaIWS claimed responsibility for the attack. [Ahr, Bal, Baw, DNE, EI & MS]
  24. Jan. 23 – A policeman was shot and wounded by an unidentified militant south of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [Bal]
  25. Jan. 23 – Gunmen shot and badly injured a police officer as he was manning a security checkpoint in the south of the North Sinai governorate. [Bal]
  26. Jan. 24 – An officer was killed and one colleague was injured when a roadside bomb exploded next to a police vehicle in Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. [Bal]
  27. Jan. 26 – A group of DaIWS fighters simultaneously attacked three security checkpoints in the city of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. One policeman was killed and four colleagues were injured in the incidents. [Bal]
  28. Jan. 27 – Militants fought with Egyptian troops conducting operations during gun battles south of Arish, in the North Sinai governorate. No one was hurt in the clashes. [Bal]
  29. Jan. 27 – An officer was killed when gunmen opened fire at policemen who raided the hideout of a local armed criminal group near Aïn Sokhna, in the Suways governorate. Three of the gunmen were eliminated in the operation. [Ahr & Bal]
  30. Jan. 28 – Four soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in the North Sinai governorate. No further information was available. [Ahr]

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)