1996 Cairo shooting
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.[1] The Egyptian Sunni jihadist group carried out attacks in the 1990s, some of which targeted tourists.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Greek tourists killed by Egyptian gunmen
- ^ "GUNMEN IN EGYPT KILL 18 IN ATTACK AT TOURIST HOTEL (Published 1996)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08.
External links
[edit]- "On This Day: 17 Greek tourists tragically lost their lives in the 1996 Cairo shooting". The Greek Herald. 2020-04-18.
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