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Major terror attacks in Cairo since July 2013: A timeline Ahram Online chronicles the major attacks in Greater Cairo since the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi in 2013
In July 2013, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, then defence minister, called on Egyptians to take to the streets to give him a mandate to "confront terrorism," only a few weeks after the army overthrew president Mohamed Morsi after mass protests against his one-year rule. The mandate was followed by multiple attacks that were no longer limited to the Sinai Peninsula. A military campaign against militants – dubbed Operation Eagle – has been ongoing in Sinai since August 2011. Clashes between the army and jihadist groups in Sinai have continued, as have attacks in other cities including the capital Cairo. Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based jihadist group, has claimed responsibility for major attacks in Sinai and around Egypt since Morsi's ouster – but a number of other Islamist militants groups are also active in Egypt. 14 August 2013: Armed Islamist militants fire RPGs at Kerdasa's police station in Giza, killing 11 officers. The incident came on the day security forces dispersed pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo, killing over 500 and injuring more than 3,700. Over 40 policemen were killed and around 210 were injured during the dispersal. ## 5 September: Egypt's Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim survives an assassination attempt in Cairo's Nasr City when a remote-controlled bomb blows up his motorcade, injuring 22. ## 17 November: A high-ranking national security officer, Mohamed Mabrouk, is shot dead near his home in Nasr City. He was involved in investigations regarding Muslim Brotherhood and jihadist groups. Ansar Beit At-Maqdis claims the killing a few days later. 24 January 2014: Four bombs targeting police kill six people and injure dozens. The bombs hit Cairo's central police headquarters, a police unit stationed near a metro station in Giza's Dokki district, a police station in Giza's Al-Talbiya district and another near a government building in Giza's Haram district. ## The Museum of Islamic Art, across the street from the central police headquarters, suffers extensive damage as a result of the explosion. ## 28 January: General Mohamed Said, an aid to the interior minister, is shot dead near his home in Giza's Haram district by unknown assailants riding a motorcycle. ## 2 April: Three explosions kill a policeman and leave at least five injured in three explosions at Cairo University. ## 2 May: A car explosion in downtown Cairo kills one civilian, on the same day three explosions kill four people in Sinai. ## 25 June: Four small bombs hit four metro stations Cairo, injuring at least six people, and two other bombs blow up near a Cairo courthouse in Heliopolis. 28 June: An explosion in 6 October kills one girl and injures her parents, a result of a bomb planted in a call centre under construction. 30 June: A series of explosions near the presidential palace in Heliopolis kills two police officers and injures three. The Islamist militant group Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) had earlier announced it placed bombs in the area. ## 30 July: A bomb-laden car explosion kills three suspected militants in Giza. ## 21 September: A bomb explosion near the foreign ministry in downtown Cairo kills two lieutenant colonels and injures at least five policeman and a civilian. ## http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/111311.aspx
