Incident Summary:

05/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on police personnel in Faiyum city, Faiyum governorate, Egypt. Two police sergeants were killed in the attack. The Revolutionary Punishment Movement claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation to security operations and alleged ill treatment of prisoners.

Overview

GTD ID:
201505210013

When:
2015-05-21

Country:
Egypt

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Faiyum

City:
Faiyum

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity	Egyptian National Police (ENP)
Specific Description	Officers
Nationality of Target	Egypt

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	No

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Firearms	Unknown Gun Type

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Who

Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name	Claimed Responsibility
Revolutionary Punishment Movement	Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Posted to website, blog, etc.)

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	2 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	2
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	0
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"Group claims responsibility for Fayoum police murders," Egypt Independent, May 23, 2015."
"Selection List: Egyptian Islamist Opposition Media 23-24 May 2015," OSC Summary, May 23, 2015."