Incident Summary:

06/09/2018: Assailants shot and killed Emad al-Bosayli, a traffic department engineer, at his residence in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201806090020

When:
2018-06-09

Country:
Egypt

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

North Sinai

City:
Arish

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity Ministry of Transportation of Egypt
Specific Description Engineer: Emad al-Bosayli
Nationality of Target Egypt
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
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
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators 2
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 1 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 1
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
"1st civilian killed by armed men since Operation Sinai 2018 prompts security sweep in south Arish," Mada Masr, June 11, 2018.
"Four 'terrorists', one civilian killed in Egypt's Arish," BBC Monitoring, June 11, 2018.