April 2005 Cairo Terrorist Attacks

April 2005 Cairo Terrorist Attacks

The April 2005 attacks were three related incidents that took place in the city of Cairo, Egypt, on 7 April and 30 April 2005. The latter two incidents are generally considered to have been minor, in that they caused no loss of life other than those of the perpetrators and appear not to have been planned in advance; in the first attack, however, three bystanders were killed. Neither sophisticated methods nor sophisticated materials were used in the incidents, and the Egyptian authorities have consistently classified the attacks as "primitive".

Read more about April 2005 Cairo Terrorist Attacks:  First Incident: Khan El-Khalili, Second Incident: The Sixth of October Bridge, Third Incident: The Citadel, Aftermath

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