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| Basic Info: A molotov cocktail bomb was lobbed at a tour
bus as South Korean passengers waited to embark at a hotel outside
Cairo. The Islamic extremist terrorist group Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
claimed responsibility for the attack.
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| Basic Info: Terrorists attempted to assassinate Egyptian
Information Minister Safw Cairo, firing shots at his motorcade. The
Minister was slightly injured and his bodyguard was seriously wounded.
Al-Gam'a Al-Islamiyya claimed responsibility for the attack.
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| Basic Info: Unknown assailants fired upon a passenger train
and wounded a Polish woman, a Thai woman and two Egyptian citizens in
Asyut. The Al-Gama'at al-Islamiya (IG) claimed responsibility for the
attack.
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| Basic Info: A bomb explosion aboard a passenger train in
Asyet injured six foreign tourists - two New Zealanders, two Germans,
two Australians and five Egyptian citizens. The Al-Gama'at al-Islamiya
(IG) claimed responsibility for the attack.
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| Basic Info: Unknown gunmen opened fire at a Nile cruise
ship and wounded a German tourist near the Sohag Governorate. The
Al-Gama'at al-Islamiya (IG) claimed responsibility for the incident.
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| Basic Info: Three persons were killed and two were wounded
when an assailant fired on a downtown tourist area in Hurghada. Two
Egyptians and one German were killed in the attack. The Islamic Group
claimed responsibility.
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| Basic Info: Suspected members of Al-Gamawat Al-Iskamiyya
opened fire on a passenger train. Six passengers including two
Argentinian tourists were injured.
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| Basic Info: Al-Gama't Al-Islamiyya claimed responsibility
for a failed assassination against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in
Addis Ababa. As his motorcade headed from the airport to a meeting of
the Organization of Africa Unity, two vehicles tried to block the road,
and several gunmen fired at his armored limousine. President Mubarak was
not injured. Two Ethiopoan military guards died and one was wonded in
the exchange of gunfire. Two terrorists were killed and two others
captured. The Palestinian Ambassador to Ethiopia also was injured.
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| Basic Info: A car bomb detonated outside the local police
headquarters building in Rijeka, killing the driver and injuring 29
bystanders. The Egyptian al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya claimed responsibility,
warning that the attacks would continue unless autorities released an
imprisoned Gama'at militant, Tala'at Fuad Kassem, who had been arrested
in September 1995.
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| Basic Info: Islamic extremists opened fire on a train
enroute to Cairo from Aswan, injuring a Dutchman, aFrench woman, and
Egyptian. Al-Gama'at Al-Islamiyya (IG) claimed responsibility for the
attack.
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| Basic Info: A suicide bomber drove a vehicle into the
Egyptian embassy compound in Islamabad, killing at least 16 persons and
injuring some 60 others. The bomb destroyed the entire compound and
caused damage and injuries within an half-mile radius. The Japanese and
Indonesian embassies, the Canadian High Commission, the UK housing
compound, and Grindlays Bank were among the damaged buildings.
Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group or IG), Jihad Group, and the
International Justice Group all claimed responsibility for the bombing.
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| Basic Info: Four al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya (IG) militants
opened fire on a group of Greek tourists in front of the Europa Hotel in
Cairo, killing 18 Greeks and injuring 12 Greeks and two Egyptians. The
IG claimed they intended to attack a group of Israeli tourists they
believed were staying at the hotel, as revenge for Israel actions in
Lebanon.
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