2015 Cairo restaurant fire

2015 fire in Agouza, Egypt March 2024 2015 Cairo restaurant fire Cairo, Egypt Employees of the club 2015 12 04 Arson, Mass killing 17http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/172822.aspx Death toll of arson attack at Cairo nightclub increases to 17 6https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/04/molotov-cocktail-cairo-kills-egypt-restaurant Molotov cocktail kills 16 at Cairo restaurant the Guardian 4 December 2015 Molotov cocktail On December 4, 2015, a molotov cocktail was thrown into the El Sayad restaurant in Cairo, Egypt.http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/624190/Cairo-firebomb-attack-Molotov-cocktail-thrown-restaurant-kills-scores Cairo firebomb attack - Molotov cocktail thrown at restaurant kills at least 12 - World - News - Daily Express Tom Batchelor Express.co.uk 4 December 2015 The restaurant fire killed 17 people, and wounded six.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-violence-idUSKBN0TN0JT20151204#owZWsxd3Ymbko7h6.97 Molotov explosive kills 16 people at Cairo restaurant: security officials 4 December 2015 Reutershttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/12032677/Cairo-bombing-Molotov-explosives-kill-at-least-18-in-Egypt-restaurant-say-security-officials.html Cairo firebombing: Molotov explosive kills at least 12 in Egypt nightclub, say security officials 4 December 2015 Telegraph.co.uk The restaurant was also a nightclub and was located in the Agouza district of the city. The restaurant was located in a basement and had no fire exits. Investigation The prime perpetrators were two young men who were denied entry by the club's security personnel at the door on Thursday night. The duo with the aid of two others then came back at 6:00 a.m. on Friday to the restaurant & bar, named Al-Sayyad, with a Molotov cocktail. They picked a fight with door security and then threw the firebomb inside the club before fleeing the scene. All victims, 12 men and 5 women, were employees of the club.http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/172543.aspx 16 dead in altercation-turned-arson attack at Cairo night club Investigations revealed that the emergency exit door was locked with chains, contributing to the high death toll. On 16 January 2016, Cairo prosecutors charged all four suspects with murder in relation to the arson attack.http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/181144.aspx Four charged with murder in arson attack on Giza nightclub Egypt References 2 Egypt Category:2015 murders in Egypt Category:Arson in Egypt Category:2010s in Cairo Category:Nightclub arson attacks Category:Attacks on restaurants in Egypt Category:2015 mass murders Category:21st-century mass murders in Egypt Category:December 2015 in Egypt Category:December 2015 crimes in Africa Category:Fire disasters involving barricaded escape routes Category:Mass murders in Cairo Category:Arson in 2015 Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2015 Category:Restaurant fires