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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 11 March 2021, a fire occurred at a clothing factory in Obour, [1] a city in Egypt near Cairo. [2] It killed at least 20 people and injured another 24. [3] Fifteen fire trucks were dispatched to extinguish the fire. [1] The cause of the fire was likely a chemical explosion involving flammable materials stored in the basement of the building.
Another passenger train, travelling in the same direction, later ran into the back of the stationary train, resulting in the deaths of at least 18 people. [10] July 17, 2012: 15: Derailment: A passenger train struck wooden planks and chunks of metal put down by people to cross the tracks and derailed at Giza, injuring fifteen passengers. [11]
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.
On 6 October 1981, Field Marshal Anwar Sadat, the 3rd President of Egypt, was assassinated during the annual victory parade held in Cairo to celebrate Operation Badr, during which the Egyptian Army had crossed the Suez Canal and taken back the Sinai Peninsula from Israel at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War. [1]
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]
EgyptAir Flight 804 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Cairo International Airport, operated by EgyptAir.On 19 May 2016 at 02:33 Egypt Standard Time (), the Airbus A320 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 66 occupants on board.