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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.
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 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]
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 ...
11 July 2015 – A car bomb exploded outside the Italian consulate in the Egyptian capital Cairo resulting in at least 1 death and 4 people injured, responsibility was claimed by IS. [36] [37] [38] 17 July 2015 – 6 persons were killed during clashes in Cairo. [39] 6 August 2015 – 5 Muslim brotherhood members were shot dead in Fayoum ...
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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Amnesty said the spike in executions followed a botched breakout attempt in September at the Tora Prison in Cairo. Four police officers and four death-row prisoners died in the attempt. [11] [12] Amnesty International's annual global review of death penalty usage ranked Egypt as the world's third most frequent executioner in 2020.