2016 Hurghada attack

Hurghada, Egypt terror attack in 2016 February 2025 2016 Hurghada attack Sinai insurgency File:Red Sea in Egypt (2011).svg 250px Location of Red Sea Governorate in Egypt. Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt 27 15 28 N 33 48 42 E region:EG inline,title 8 January 2016 UTC+02:00 Stabbing 1 (a perpetrator) 3 (including one perpetrator) ISIS Islamic State – Sinai Province 2 On 8 January 2016, two suspected Islamic State members, armed with a melee weapon and a signal flare, allegedly arrived by sea and stormed the Bella Vista Hotel in the Red Sea city of Hurghada, Egypt, stabbing two foreign tourists from Austria and one from Sweden.Hanna Jason Egypt: 2 tourists killed, 4 injured in Hurghada knife attack http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/14/middleeast/egypt-hurghada-beach-attack/index.html 30 July 2017 CNN 14 July 2017https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/09/world/middleeast/gunmen-fire-on-hotel-in-egypt-wounding-foreign-tourists.html Attack at Hotel in Egypt Injures European Tourists 8 January 2016 6 February 2017 The New York Times One of the attackers, 21-year-old student Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Mahfouz, was killed by police as he tried to take a woman hostage. The other attacker was injured.Egypt attack: Three tourists stabbed at Hurghada hotel https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35268713 11 December 2016 BBC 9 January 2016 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility.http://www.ibtimes.com/isis-egypt-hotel-attack-deadly-hurghada-resort-siege-foreign-tourists-claimed-islamic-2257432 ISIS Egypt Hotel Attack: Deadly Hurghada Resort Siege On Foreign Tourists Claimed By Islamic State Group ibtimes.com 8 January 2016 8 January 2016Walsh Declan European Tourists Stabbed at a Beach Resort in Egypt; 2 Die https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/world/middleeast/egypt-tourists-stabbed-hurghada-resort.html?mcubz=2&_r=0 16 July 2017 New York Times 14 July 2017 Attack An Egyptian court found that the attack was incited by a Syria-based operative of the Islamic State who was in contact with the perpetrators. According to The Independent, both attackers carried knives and pellet guns. According to Al Jazeera, they carried "a gun, a knife and a suicide belt."Two tourists stabbed to death, four wounded in Egypt http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/tourists-stabbed-death-wounded-egypt-170714144918241.html 27 July 2017 Al Jazeera 15 July 2017 All roads into and out of Hurghada were closed as Egyptian security searched for additional attackers. According to BBC security analyst Frank Gardner, the ISIS goal in inciting such attacks is to undermine crucial support tourism provides to the Egyptian economy. Assailants There were two attackers, Mohamad Hassan Mohamed Mahfouz and Mohamed Magdy Abul Kheir. Mahfouz was shot dead at the scene; Kheir was wounded. Kheir was charged with possessing ammunition and firearms, joining an illegal group, and attempted murder. He was given a life sentence.Two people sentenced to life over hotel attack in Egypt's Hurghada http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/253855/Egypt/Politics-/Two-people-sentenced-to-life-over-hotel-attack-in-.aspx 27 July 2017 with AFP Al Ahram 25 December 2016 An operative of the Islamic State, Ahmad Abdel Salam Mansour, an Egyptian national operating out of Syrian, was tried in absentia by an Egyptian court on charges of having incited the two attackers. He was sentenced in absentia to life in prison. Response Hisham Zaazou, Egypt's Minister of Tourism, responded by announcing new security measures to protect tourists.Porter Lizzie Egypt makes more tourist safety promises after Hurghada hotel attack https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africa/egypt/articles/Egypt-makes-more-tourist-safety-promises-after-Hurghada-hotel-attack/ 27 July 2017 The Telegraph 11 January 2016 The attack was one of 78 described by Donald Trump as underreported terrorist attacks.http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald-trump-unreported-terror-attacks-list_uk_58997467e4b076856216f46a Trump's 'Unreported Terror Attack' List Contains More Typos Than Unreported Terror Attacks 7 February 2017 https://www.npr.org/2017/02/06/513777052/trump-says-media-fail-to-report-terrorist-attacks-white-house-promises-list White House List Contradicts Trump Claim That Terror Attacks Go Unreported NPR 6 February 2017 Naylor Brian Taylor Jessica Sterling Joe How CNN covered the terror attacks on the White House list http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/us/white-house-attacks-list-cnn-coverage/index.html 27 July 2017 CNN 8 February 2017 Impact Egypt, which is a country that depends on tourism saw tourism nosedive during the revolution. Once the country's government began to stabilize and tourism began picking up, terrorists began targeting tourism sites.Attacks at Tourism Sites in Egypt https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/11/world/middleeast/10egyptattacks_listy.html?_r=0 NYT 10 June 2015 Due to this and other attacks, 2016 was a "tough year" for the tourism industry in Egypt.Coffey Helen Why UK Tourists Should Consider Returning to Egypt on Holiday https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/egypt-holidays-2017-travel-tourism-red-sea-resorts-sharm-el-sheikh-a7703266.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/egypt-holidays-2017-travel-tourism-red-sea-resorts-sharm-el-sheikh-a7703266.html 2022-05-01 subscription live 27 July 2017 The Independent 26 April 2017 See also Egypt 2017 Hurghada attack Terrorism in Egypt List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2016 Timeline of the Sinai insurgency References Category:Attacks on hotels in Egypt Category:Attacks on tourists in Egypt Category:Hurghada Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Egypt Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2016 Category:January 2016 crimes in Africa Category:Sinai insurgency Category:Terrorist incidents in Egypt in 2016 Category:Terrorist incidents involving knife attacks in Africa Category:Knife attacks in Egypt Category:Stabbing attacks in 2016 Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2016 Category:January 2016 in Egypt