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Cairo: 1,500 [4] The city rebelled against the French, when the French led by General Lanusse recaptured, most of the city inhabitants and rebels were killed and the place was torched. Mamluke massacre 1 March 1811 Cairo: 470 Heads sent to Istanbul; part of Muhammad Ali's seizure of power: 1948 Cairo bombings: June–September, 1948 Cairo: 70 ...
Vice president Anwar Sadat gave a speech to the nation announcing the death of Nasser. [1] After the news of his death came out, Egyptian television and radio hastily began reciting the verses of the Qur'an. [2] Nasser had never recovered from the second stroke in four years. [2] He was succeeded by his vice president, Anwar Sadat.
On 9 October 2011, thousands of mainly Coptic Christians joined a march from the Shubra district of northern Cairo to the state TV building in Maspero Square where they intended to hold a peaceful sit-in. The sit-in was organized to protest the state's TV position of fanning the flames of anti-Christian agitation.
In the early morning of 27 February 2019, in Cairo's main train station, Ramses Station, a locomotive hit the buffers at the end of the track at platform 6 at high speed, [7] causing an explosion that sparked a major blaze and fireball that blackened the walls of the station.
At 7am on 18 April 1996, four Islamists carried out a mass shooting against a group of 88 Greek tourists outside the Europa Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. [1] [2] Eighteen people were killed: 17 Greek tourists and one Egyptian. [1] The victims were outside the hotel, about to board a bus to Alexandria. [1]
Cairo, the capital of Egypt, is a bustling metropolis that sits on the banks of the River Nile. Home to an estimated 22 million people, the city has more recently expanded into a sprawling jumble ...
On December 4, 2015, a molotov cocktail was thrown into the El Sayad restaurant in Cairo, Egypt. [4] The resultant fire killed 17 people, and wounded six. [1] [5] The restaurant was also a nightclub and was located in the Agouza district of the city. [4] The restaurant was located in a basement and had no fire exits. [1]
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