2006 Dahab bombings

Terrorist attacks in Dahab, Egypt 2006 Dahab bombings terrorist bombing Dahab, Egypt Resort, Nelson Restaurant, Aladdin Café and Ghazala Market 2006 4 24 yes 7:15 pm UTC+3 23 ≈80 Tawhid al-Jihad thumb|The seaside town of Dahab is located on the Gulf of Aqaba Three bomb attacks on the Egyptian resort city of Dahab, in the Sinai Peninsula, took place on 24 April 2006. The resort town is popular with Western tourists and Egyptians alike during the holiday season. At about 19:15 Egypt summer time on 24 April 2006 — a public holiday in celebration of Sham el Nessim (Spring festival) — a series of bombs exploded in tourist areas of Dahab, a resort located on the Gulf of Aqaba coast of the Sinai Peninsula. One blast occurred in or near the Nelson restaurant, one near the Aladdin café (both being on both sides of the bridge), and one near the Ghazala market. These explosions followed other bombings elsewhere in the Sinai Peninsula in previous years: in Sharm el-Sheikh on 23 July 2005 and in Taba on 6 October 2004. Casualties + Deaths by nationalityCountryNumber Egypt 18 Germany 1 Lebanon 1 Russia 1 Switzerland 1 Hungary 2Total 24 At least 24 people were killed, mostly Egyptians, but also including a German, Lebanese, Russian, Swiss, and 2 Hungarians.Wedemen Ben Faraj, Caroline Zippori, Michal Egypt ties Dahab blasts to other attacks http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/26/egypt.blasts/index.html CNN 2006-04-26 2006-07-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20060624043947/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/26/egypt.blasts/index.html 2006-06-24 dead Around 80 people were injured, including tourists from Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, South Korea, United Kingdom and the United States.Dahab blasts pinned on suicide bombers http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=270005&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/ Mail & Guardian 2006-04-25 2006-07-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20061213235215/http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=270005&area=%2Fbreaking_news%2Fbreaking_news__africa%2F 2006-12-13 Responsibility The governor of South Sinai reported that the blasts might have been suicide attacks, but later Habib Adly, the interior minister of Egypt said that the devices were nail bombs set off by timers, and Egyptian TV also reported that the bombs were detonated remotely. Later reports suggested that the blasts may indeed have been suicide attacks, set off by Bedouins, as in earlier attacks in the Sinai.Nahmias Roee 2006-04-26 Dahab bombers were Sinai Bedouin http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3244022,00.html 2006-07-28 Yedioth Ahronoth Local knowledge suggests that the attacks were in response to the Government's crack down on the opium trade, which subseuntly destroyed the income and livelyhoods of the northern bedouins. According to a report by the International Crisis Group, the Dahab bombings appear to have been targeted at the Mubarak government and stem in part from a "deep resentment" of the local people of the northern Sinai over discrimination in "jobs and housing" by governmental programs.30 January 2007 EGYPT'S SINAI QUESTION http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/Middle%20East%20North%20Africa/North%20Africa/Egypt/61_egypts_sinai_question.ashx dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110208202454/http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/Middle%20East%20North%20Africa/North%20Africa/Egypt/61_egypts_sinai_question.ashx 2011-02-08 ICG The government has not sought to integrate Sinai's populations into the nation through a far-sighted program responding to their needs and mobilising their active involvement. Instead, it has promoted the settlement of Nile Valley migrants, whom it has systematically favoured, while discriminating against the local populations in jobs and housing in the north and in the rapid development of tourist enclaves (for Egyptians as well as internationals) in the south. These developments have offered scant opportunities to locals and often have been at their expense (notably with regard to land rights), provoking deep resentment. Egyptian security officials have attributed the attacks to an Islamic terror organisation called Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad.Al Shafey Mohammed Dahab Bombers Inspired by Al-Qaeda http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=4749 Asharq Al-Awsat 2006-04-29 2006-04-30 2006-10-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20061027115310/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=4749 dead See also 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks 2004 Sinai bombings List of 2006 human rights incidents in Egypt Luxor massacre Terrorism in Egypt List of Islamist terrorist attacks References External links Triple blasts rock Egypt resort - BBC Egypt resort blasts kill at least 23 - Al Jazeera At least 21 Killed at Egyptian Resort - CBC Egypt Category:2006 mass murders Category:Terrorist incidents in Egypt in 2006 Category:Islamic terrorism in Egypt Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2006 Category:2006 building bombings Category:Suicide bombings in Egypt Category:Terrorist incidents in the Sinai Peninsula Category:Attacks on tourists in Egypt Category:Building bombings in Egypt Category:South Sinai Governorate Category:Suicide bombings in 2006 Category:Attacks on restaurants in Egypt Category:21st-century mass murders in Egypt Category:Marketplace attacks in Asia Category:Attacks on coffeehouses and cafés in Asia Category:April 2006 in Egypt Category:Restaurant bombings in Asia Category:Nail bombings Category:21st century in the Sinai Peninsula