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True crime cases in Egypt

18case filesUpdated Jul 16, 2026

Casepin holds 18 case files in Egypt. By legal status, 10 marked unsolved, 2 marked ongoing and 6 marked solved.

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Files: 18
Unsolved: 10
Ongoing: 2
Solved: 6
Span: 1967–2016
With coverage: 1
Creators: 1

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Credit: Official presidential portrait (Egyptian Presidency)Public domainSourceSOLVEDListen
Cairo, Egypt (site of the assassination during the annual victory parade) · 1981
Assassination of Anwar Sadat
On 6 October 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot and killed by members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad during a military parade in Cairo commemorating the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Ten others died and 28 were wounded. The lead assassin and four co-conspirators were tried, convicted, and executed in 1982.
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Sheraton Hotel, Cairo, Egypt · 1971
Assassination of Wasfi Tal
On 28 November 1971, Jordanian Prime Minister Wasfi Tal was shot dead outside the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, by members of the Black September Organization. Four men were apprehended by Egyptian authorities but were released without prosecution.
Credit: Yael Bar Hilel (יעל בר הלל) / IDF Spokesperson's Unit photographerCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListen
Sinai Peninsula, Egypt (Taba and Ras al-Shitan/Nuweiba) · 2004
2004 Sinai bombings
Three coordinated bombings struck tourist sites in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on 7 October 2004, killing 34 people and wounding 171, in attacks on the Hilton Taba hotel and campsites near Nuweiba popular with Israeli tourists.
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St. Peter and St. Paul's (Botroseya) Church, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt · 2016
Botroseya Church bombing
On 11 December 2016, a suicide bomber killed 29 people and injured 47 others at St. Peter and St. Paul's (Botroseya) Church, adjacent to Cairo's Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral. ISIS claimed responsibility; Egyptian authorities identified the bomber and arrested several suspects.
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Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt · 2005
2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings
On 23 July 2005, three bombs struck the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El Sheikh, killing 88 people and injuring over 200 in the deadliest terrorist attack in Egypt's history at that time.
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Saints Church (Saint Mark and Pope Peter), Sidi Bishr, Alexandria, Egypt · 2011
2011 Alexandria Bombing
A bomb detonated outside the Coptic Orthodox Saints Church in Alexandria, Egypt, on 1 January 2011 as worshippers left New Year's midnight Mass, killing 23 people and injuring around 97 in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Coptic Christian minority in a decade.
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Taba Border Crossing, Taba, Egypt · 2014
2014 Taba bus bombing
A suicide bomber detonated explosives aboard a tourist bus waiting at the Taba Border Crossing in Egypt on 16 February 2014, killing three South Korean tourists and the Egyptian bus driver and injuring 17 others.
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Kosheh, Sohag Governorate, Egypt · 1998
Kosheh massacres
On 2 January 2000, sectarian rioting near Kosheh, Upper Egypt, left 21 Coptic Christians and one Muslim dead; despite dozens of arrests, no one was ever convicted for the killings of the Christian victims.
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Maspero Square, Cairo, Egypt · 2011
Killing of Wael Mikhael and Mina Daniel
On 9 October 2011, journalist Wael Mikhael and activist blogger Mina Daniel were killed while covering a Coptic Christian demonstration in Cairo that turned violent when military forces and other attackers clashed with protesters near the Maspero state TV building.
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Dahab, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt · 2006
2006 Dahab bombings
Three bomb blasts struck tourist areas of the Egyptian resort town of Dahab on 24 April 2006, killing at least 24 people and injuring around 80 others.

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Case files in Egypt

The files run from 1967 to 2016. The 2010s hold the most, with 8 files. The oldest is Ras Sedr massacre, from 1967.

By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (5), kidnapping and abduction cases (2) and arson cases (1).

1 file of the 18 has coverage attached: 1 video, podcast or documentary from 1 creator.

Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.

This page updates from the published files, so counts and statuses change the day a record does. Open any file for its timeline, its sources and the coverage worth your time, or play it as a narrated case file.

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Anwar Sadat — Credit: Official presidential portrait (Egyptian Presidency)Public domain Source
SOLVED AudioAssassination of Anwar SadatCairo, Egypt (site of the assassination during the annual victory parade) · 1981 · 1 thing to watch or hear
Giulio Regeni profile — Credit: AsiaecicaCC BY-SA 4.0 Source
ONGOING AudioKilling of Giulio RegeniCairo, Egypt · 2010s
Yasser Arafat and Wasfi Al-Tal — Credit: Keystone picturesPublic domainSource
SOLVED AudioAssassination of Wasfi TalSheraton Hotel, Cairo, Egypt · 1971
2004 Sinai bombings, October 2004. IV — Credit: Yael Bar Hilel (יעל בר הלל) / IDF Spokesperson's Unit photographerCC BY-SA 3.0 Source
SOLVED Audio2004 Sinai bombingsSinai Peninsula, Egypt (Taba and Ras al-Shitan/Nuweiba) · 2004
ONGOING AudioPersecution of CoptsEgypt · 1999
Bahr El-Baqar Massacre (2) — Credit: غير محددPublic domainSource
UNSOLVED AudioBahr El-Baqar primary school bombingBahr el-Baqar, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt · 1970
SOLVED AudioBotroseya Church bombingSt. Peter and St. Paul's (Botroseya) Church, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt · 2016
Sharm el Sheikh map-ar — Credit: أبو تائبCC BY-SA 3.0 Source
SOLVED Audio2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombingsSharm El Sheikh, Egypt · 2005
UNSOLVED Audio2011 Alexandria BombingSaints Church (Saint Mark and Pope Peter), Sidi Bishr, Alexandria, Egypt · 2011
Sinai-peninsula-map — Credit: CIAPublic domainSource
UNSOLVED Audio2014 Taba bus bombingTaba Border Crossing, Taba, Egypt · 2014
UNSOLVED AudioKosheh massacresKosheh, Sohag Governorate, Egypt · 1998
File:Tribute to Mina Daniels.gif — Credit: Carlos LatuffPublic domainSource
UNSOLVED AudioKilling of Wael Mikhael and Mina DanielMaspero Square, Cairo, Egypt · 2011
UNSOLVED Audio2006 Dahab bombingsDahab, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt · 2006
UNSOLVED AudioDecember 2013 Mansoura bombingSecurity Directorate Building, Mansoura, Egypt · 2013
UNSOLVED AudioMaspero demonstrationsMaspero, Cairo, Egypt · 2011
UNSOLVED AudioRas Sedr massacreRas Sedr, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt · 1967
UNSOLVED Audio2009 Khan el-Khalili bombingKhan el-Khalili souq, Cairo, Egypt · 2009
Al Masry Club Stadium, Port Said — Credit: ILevi53CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
SOLVED AudioPort Said Stadium Riot (2012)Port Said Stadium · 2012