List of massacres in Egypt

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Egypt (numbers may be approximate):

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Damanhur massacre[1]	May 10, 1799	Cairo	1,500[2]	The city rebelled against the French, when the French led by General Lanusse recaptured, most of the city inhabitants and rebels were killed and the place was torched.
Mamluke massacre	March 1, 1811	Cairo	470	Heads sent to Istanbul; part of Muhammad Ali's seizure of power
Cairo Massacre	October 5, 1945	Cairo	10	350 injured
Ras Burqa massacre	October 5, 1985	Ras Burqa	8	An Egyptian soldier opened fire on Israeli vacationers, killing 3 adults and 4 children, as well as another Egyptian soldier.
Luxor massacre	November 17, 1997	Luxor	64
Kosheh Massacres	January 2, 2000	Kosheh	21	Over 40 injured; Muslim mob attacked Coptic Christians.
2004 Sinai bombings	October 7, 2004	Sinai Peninsula	34	171 injured; Palestinian terrorist group killed 18 Egyptians, 12 Israelis, 2 Italians, 1 Russian, and 1 American.
2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks	July 23, 2005	Sharm el-Sheikh	64–88	~150 injured; multiple bombs targeting hotels and bazaar in the resort city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula.
Nag Hammadi massacre	January 7, 2010	Nag Hammadi	11	11 injured; disturbed gunmen opened fire on Coptic Christians as they were leaving church.
August 2013 Rabaa Massacre	August 14, 2013	al-Nahda Square and Rabaa al-Adawiya Square, Cairo, Egypt	1000+	1000+ killed; police and military opened fire on demonstrators opposing the military's ouster of Mohammad Morsi, the first elected president of Egypt who was removed from power following the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. In addition to thousands of protester casualties, 8 police officers were killed.[3][4]
Wahat convoy incident massacre[5]	September 12, 2015	Egyptian West Desert	12[6]	Egyptian security forces killed 12 people (8 Mexican tourists and 4 Egyptian guides) and injured 10 more (6 Mexican tourists and 4 Egyptian guides) after firing upon a tourist caravan they had mistaken for a terrorist group.

References

1. A Military History of Modern Egypt: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Ramadan War, Andrew James McGregor, page 45
2. Warfare and Armed Conflict, Micheal Clodfelter, page 114, 2002
3. https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/12/egypt-raba-killings-likely-crimes-against-humanity
4. https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/08/12/all-according-plan/raba-massacre-and-mass-killings-protesters-egypt
5. "Egyptian Security Forces Kill Tourists After Mistaking Them for Terrorists". CNN International Edition. September 15, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
6. "8 Mexican Tourists, Mistaken for Terrorists, Killed in Egypt". CNN International Edition. September 15, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.