February 2009 Cairo terrorist attacks

The February 2009 Cairo terrorist attacks were three incidents that took place in Cairo, Egypt from 22 February 2009 to 28 February 2009. Of three attacks, only the first was fatal, resulting in the death of a 17-year-old French teenager. The attacks appeared to have been directed variously at foreign tourists and Egyptian nationals alike. None of the attacks was described by Egyptian security officials as sophisticated. The motivation of at least two of the attacks was not clear, but the spate of violence came amid heightened tension following the 2008-2009 Israel-Gaza conflict, during which Egyptians had protested against their government's closure of the Rafah Border Crossing Quotes No one is going to come out and claim responsibility for this attack [as] it is not the work of a big organisation. They would not start a terror campaign with an attack of such a small magnitude and create a security alert thus making a larger-scale attack more unfeasible. Diaa Rashwan said There is still not enough information to ascertain completely who the perpetrators might be, but because the attack was very similar to the terrorist attacks from the 1990s to 2005, it could be a group who did not agree to renounce violence. Nabil Abdel-Fatah said External links Category:Terrorism in Egypt