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1996 Cairo shooting
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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.[1][2] Eighteen people were killed: 17 Greek tourists and one Egyptian.[1] The victims were outside the hotel, about to board a bus to Alexandria.[1] Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that they thought the tourists were Israelis.[
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We saw people dying in front of us.I want to get out of this country immediately. We are all in our rooms. It’s terrifying.
A greek tourist said
It was horrible. The ambulances were late. The gunmen opened fire and then fled. People were crying for help. There were pools of blood everywhere.
Bikas said
This is a terrible attack. It is the worst shooting that we have had,
Mahmoud Fishawy said