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On 8 October 2023, a police officer fired his gun into a group of bus passengers in Alexandria, Egypt. [1] The attack occurred during a trip past Pompey's Pillar. [2] Two Israeli tourists and an Egyptian tour guide were killed, and another Israeli was wounded. [3]
The Luxor massacre was an Islamist terrorist attack that occurred on 17 November 1997 in Egypt. It was perpetrated by al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya and resulted in the deaths of 62 people, most of whom were tourists. It took place at Dayr al-Bahri, an archaeological site located across the Nile from the city of Luxor.
The Luxor Massacre took place on 17 November 1997, at Deir el-Bahri, an archaeological site and tourist destination located across the River Nile from Luxor, Egypt. In the mid-morning attack, Islamic terrorists from Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya ("The Islamic Group") and Talaa'al al-Fateh (Vanguards of Conquest), both of which are suspected of having ...
Writing on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, renowned Egyptian writer and TV host Ibrahim Issa called the attack a “terrorist crime,” adding that, “any attempt to justify ...
On 8 May 2022, at least ten soldiers and one officer were killed during an attack at a checkpoint at a water pumping station in El Qantara, [1] Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Five more were injured. [2] Afterwards, chase continued in a secluded part of the Sinai Peninsula. The Islamic State claimed responsibility. [2]
In the similar 2016 Hurghada attack, foreign tourists were attacked on a beach at Hurghada by sympathizers of the Islamic State in Syria. [1] [2]The attacks at this Red Sea beach resort are part of a long series of attacks and threats that have crippled the Egyptian tourist trade, a vital part of the Egyptian economy.
A shark that attacked a Russian tourist is set to be mummified and displayed in an Egyptian museum.. Vladimir Popov, 23, was eaten alive by a shark off a beach at an Egyptian resort in Hurghada in ...
In the days immediately after the attack the Air Force announced that it had pursued and destroyed some of the militants' vehicles and weapons stocks. [28] Airstrikes were also conducted in the neighboring mountains. [44] In February 2018, Egypt responded to this attack with major air strikes and land assaults against terrorist positions in ...