| 5,585,852 |
29.07441 |
31.09785 |
Egypt |
|
Unknown assailants in Beni Suef shot at a police officer, who works as a lower-ranked officer in the Fayoum Security Directorate, while he was on his way to work. It was later reported (on 24th Aug) that he died from his wounds. |
| 5,585,855 |
31.03917 |
30.46914 |
Egypt |
|
Twobombswent off in two pipe lines of drinking water in Damanhur in Al-Buhayrah [northwest of Cairo]. Both lines were destroyed due to the bombing. |
| 5,585,859 |
27.18096 |
31.18368 |
Egypt |
|
An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated Tuesday morning in Assiut, southernEgypt. The explosion occurred as explosives experts were attempting to dismantle the IED; however no casualties occurred as a result. |
| 5,585,862 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
Scores of Libyans staged a rally outside the Arab League's headquarters in Cairo on Tuesday [18 August], demanding the lift of an arms embargo on the North African state. |
| 5,585,866 |
30.42039 |
31.56223 |
Egypt |
|
Security forces reportedly forcibly disappeared a lawyer after he was arrested at his house in the city of Belbees in Sharqeya. So far, information on the lawyer's location is still lacking. |
| 5,585,870 |
31.2878 |
34.2369 |
Egypt |
|
Gunmen inEgyptboarded a bus carrying Palestinians from Cairo to Gaza and seized four of the passengers before letting the others continue. The kidnapping took place on Wednesday in the northern Sinai region as the bus headed for the Rafah border crossing into Gaza. The assailants reportedly held laptop computers on which they checked passengers' names before separating the four from the group and taking them away. The individuals taken were members of the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas. |
| 5,585,874 |
31.2878 |
34.2369 |
Egypt |
|
Security forces in Al-Arish, Rafah and Sheikh Zuweyid in North Sinai launched an extensive security crackdown, killing a total of 8 militants. 3 fatalities recorded in Al-Arish and 2 in Sheikh Zuweyid. |
| 5,585,878 |
31.2163 |
34.11074 |
Egypt |
|
Security forces in Al-Arish, Rafah and Sheikh Zuweyid in North Sinai launched an extensive security crackdown, killing a total of 8 militants. 3 fatalities recorded in Al-Arish and 3 in Rafah. |
| 5,585,882 |
31.13159 |
33.79844 |
Egypt |
|
Security forces in Al-Arish, Rafah and Sheikh Zuweyid in North Sinai launched an extensive security crackdown, killing a total of 8 militants. 3 fatalities recorded in Rafah and 2 in Sheikh Zuweyid. |
| 5,585,886 |
30.12511 |
31.25053 |
Egypt |
|
A powerful carbombblast tore through a police building in the Shubra el-Kheima neighbourhood (on the northern tip of Cairo in Qalyubia) Thursday injuring at least 29 people. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group and was targeting security forces. Affiliates of the "Islamic State" militant group in Egypt, known as "State of Sinai", claimed responsibility for the incident "to avenge six young men who were executed last March, after being charged of forming a militant cell in Qaliubiya named 'Arab Sharkas'", according to a statement by the militants. |
