1996 Cairo shooting

Terrorist incident in Cairo, Egypt At 7am on 18 April 1996, four Islamists carried out a mass shooting against a group of 88 Greek tourists outside the Europa Hotel in Cairo, Egypt.Greek tourists killed by Egyptian gunmenGUNMEN IN EGYPT KILL 18 IN ATTACK AT TOURIST HOTEL (Published 1996) The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20210308193451/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/19/world/gunmen-in-egypt-kill-18-in-attack-at-tourist-hotel.html 2021-03-08 live https://nytimes.com/1996/04/19/world/gunmen-in-egypt-kill-18-in-attack-at-tourist-hotel.html Eighteen people were killed: 17 Greek tourists and one Egyptian. The victims were outside the hotel, about to board a bus to Alexandria. Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that they thought the tourists were Israelis.EGYPT - Human rights abuses by armed groups https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mde120221998en.pdfForeign Terrorist Organizations https://irp.fas.org/crs/RL32223.pdf Aftermath In the attack’s immediate aftermath, Egyptian security forces launched a sweeping operation to identify and apprehend the perpetrators. According to Amnesty International, the four Islamist gunmen were later located and killed by security forces in Upper Egypt, amid a larger crackdown on militants believed to be responsible for targeting tourists in retaliation for Israeli actions in Lebanon. This incident intensified pressure on the Egyptian government to protect its tourism industry, a vital sector already weakened by a series of attacks throughout the early 1990s; including more than 30 assaults on tourist buses, trains, and cruisers between 1992 and early 1996 that resulted in around a dozen deaths.Gellman Barton 1996-04-19 GREEK TOURISTS GUNNED DOWN AT CAIRO HOTEL https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/04/19/greek-tourists-gunned-down-at-cairo-hotel/e7173d5f-5943-4cd8-b090-9f624f22f9c2/ 2025-06-10 The Washington Post en-US 0190-8286PANAGOPOULOS Stylianos Parliamentary question Terrorist attack on Greek tourists in Cairo P-1103/1996 European Parliament https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/P-4-1996-1103_EN.html 2025-06-10 www.europarl.europa.eu en The tourism sector was further destabilized later in 1997 by the Luxor massacre, another attack attributed to al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya that killed 62 people, most tourists.Luxor massacre EBSCO Research Starters https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/politics-and-government/luxor-massacre 2025-06-10 www.ebsco.com en See also List of Islamist terrorist attacks Terrorism and tourism in Egypt Terrorism in Egypt References External links 2020-04-18 On This Day: 17 Greek tourists tragically lost their lives in the 1996 Cairo shooting https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/on-this-day-17-greek-tourists-tragically-lost-their-lives-in-the-1996-cairo-shooting/ The Greek Herald Category:1996 in Egypt Category:1996 mass shootings in Africa 1996 shooting Category:1996 murders in Egypt Category:20th-century mass murders in Egypt Category:April 1996 crimes Category:April 1996 in Egypt 1996 shooting Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 1996 1996 shooting Category:Mass shootings in Egypt Category:Terrorist incidents in Egypt in 1996 1996 shooting Category:Attacks on tourists in Egypt Category:Greek people murdered abroad Category:Egypt–Greece relations