Soldiers of Egypt
Egyptian Islamist Militant Group
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Soldiers of Egypt (Arabic: أجناد مصر, romanized: Ajnad Misr)[5][6] was a Salafist Islamist militant group that operated near Cairo, Egypt.[7] The group was founded by Humam Muhammed in 2013, after he split away from the Ansar Bait al-Maqdis militant group.[1] The group claimed that its attacks were "retribution" for the August 2013 Rabaa Massacre; notably, the group targeted only security forces.[4] It warned civilians of the presence of bombs that it placed.[8]
Datesactive20 November 2013[3]–10 October 2017
Activeregions
Cairo, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt| Soldiers of Egypt | |
|---|---|
| Ajnad Misr | |
Leaders | Humam Muhammed †[1] Ezz al-Din al-Masri (POW)[2] |
| Dates active | 20 November 2013[3]–10 October 2017 |
| Active regions | Cairo, Egypt |
| Ideology | Salafist jihadism[4] |
The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters declared the group a terrorist group on 22 May 2014.[9] It was a Proscribed Organisation in the United Kingdom under the Terrorism Act 2000 since 28 November 2014.[10] The United States Department of State designated it a terrorist organization on 18 December 2014.[11]
On April 5 of 2015, Hammam Mohamed Attiyah, founder of Ajnad Misr was killed during a raid in Cairo. The group confirmed that been succeeded by Ezz al-Din al-Masry.[12][13]
Attacks
2014
- The group claimed responsibility for an attack[14] that occurred on 24 January 2014 that ultimately killed four policeman and wounding 100 people,[15][16] Ansar Bait al-Maqdis indicated that Soldiers of Egypt had executed one of the bombings, despite the fact that Ansar Bait al-Maqdis initially claimed responsibility for all of the bombings.[17]
- 31 January; An explosive device blast against a vehicle with Central Security Forces (CSF) officers, wounding one.[18][19] In the same day a double attack against a CSF camp in Giza Governorate left one officer wounded.[20][21]
- The group claimed responsibility for two bombings that occurred on 7 February 2014, which left six officers of the Egyptian National Police (ENP) wounded.[6][22]
- The group claimed to have killed one policemen and injured eight people in a 13 February 2015 bombing near a police station in Ain Shams.[23]
- The group exploded a bomb in 6th of October City on 5 March 2014.[24][25]
- The group targeted a police car parked near the Israeli embassy in Cairo on 11 March 2014.[24][26]
- The group placed a bomb in Nasr City on 29 March 2014.[24][27]
- 2 April: One civilian and one police general was killed and four people were wounded in a coordinate quadruple bombing at Cairo University in Giza.[28][29]
- 10 April: A militant threw an explosive device under the vehicle of a police captain, detonating and wounding the officer, in 6th of October, Giza.[30][31][32] In the same day, and explosive device blasts in El-Houssari Square, without leaving victims.[31]
- 15 April: Two policemen and a civilian wounded by a bomb in Giza.[30][33]
- 18 April; One police officer was killed and other wounded by the group in Lebanon Square area, Mohandessin.[34][30][35]
- 23 April: The group killed the Brigadier General Ahmed Zaki of the Central Security Forces in 6th of October, Giza.[34][36]
- 30 June: A quadruple coordinate bombing in the Ittihadiya Palace in Heliopolis district, Cairo. The blasts kill two officers and wound other 10.[8][37][38]
- 21 September: An improvised device near an Egyptian National Police (ENP) checkpoint in Boulaq Abu El-Ela neighborhood, Cairo, killing two police and wound 6 six more.[39][40]
- 14 October: A bomb blasts near a metro station and the High Court of Justice on Ramses Street in Cairo, left 13 civilians wounded.[41][42]
- 22 October: The group claimed responsibility for a bombing that occurred on 22 October 2014 near Cairo University that injured 11 people.[43][44]
- 20 November; Militants threw an explosive device that detonated near an ENP checkpoint in Helwan (near Helwan University), Cairo, leaving five officers wounded.[45][46][47]
- The group injured four policemen in a bombing that occurred on 5 December 2014 near Ain Shams University.[48]
2015
- The group killed one policeman and injured three civilians in a January 2015 bombing in the Talbia district of Giza.[49]
- 22 January: An assailant threw an explosive device at the presidential palace in Misr Al Gadida, Cairo, leaving an officer wounded.[50]
- 23 January; A bomb blasts Alf Maskan neighborhood, Cairo, left four officers and a civilian wounded.[51][52] Two days later, a double attack in an anniversary of the Egyptian revolution left three officers wounded in Cairo.[53][54]
- 13 February; an improvised device blasts killed one policeman and injured seven policemen and a civilian in Ain Shams neighborhood, Cairo.[55]
- 28 March; An improvised device blasts in a metro station near Cairo University, leaving four officers and four civilians wounded.[23][56]
- 5 April: The group claimed responsibility for a bombing in an ENP Checkpoint in Zamalek that killed one officer and wound three more. Ajnad Misr claimed the attack[57][58]
- 13 April; Explosive devices blasts against a Transmission tower, in 6th of October city, Giza, leaving serious damage to the electric infrastructure.[59][60]
- 16 July: An explosive device blasts in front of a building in Roxy Square, Heliopolis, leaving one officer wounded.[61][62]
- 10 August; An improvised device blasts at a traffic sentry post near a courthouse in Cairo, killing a police captain and wounding three more.[63][64]