Bombings and violence incidents 28th report 10 July- 16July - 2015 Terrorist crimes reach its half rates in less than two weeks

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Introduction

The violence incidents and terrorist bombings continued its reduction for the second week in raw, despite the continuation of terrorist organizations in attempts to target vital and diplomatic nature, installations, however, the security efforts and tightening that followed after the week's incidents concurrent with the anniversary of the revolution June 30 beginning to bear positive fruit in thwarting the majority of terrorist plots before they are implemented, or containing its effects.

The Parliamentary Observatory affiliated to the Local- International Joint Mission to observe the parliamentary elections – Egypt 2015, continued issuing its weekly reports to monitor the violence incidents witnessed by the country during the week and to analyzes them and their potential indications related to the electoral process, and this is the 28th report has been issued in this series.

The most significant incidents during the week:

Friday, July 10th

. A woman and her four children were killed when a shell fell on the nearby village of Sheikh Zuwaid city, in the Egyptian .

. A car loaded with large numbers of Russian anti-tank missiles Alchorlenet and rocket was detonated, on its way to be installed to hit military forces, but that the information contained pushed forces to destroy the car and the rockets loaded on it.

. The elements of North Sinai security sector succeeded in conducting new quality operation against terrorist elements at Sheikh Zuied center, and detonated explosives store at "Hak El Hosan" area.

. unknown elements detonated a home of a police man in El Karama district, south of El , where they put a bomb in front of the wall of a police man's house, it was detonated by remote control, and caused major damage at home.

. unknown assailants threw a makeshift bomb, on the front face of one of the banks in October city, which led to break glass facade of the bank, and injuring police man and recruit with minor injuries, they were appointed to guard the Bank.

. Egyptian security forces in North Sinai managed to detonate nine explosive devices were planted in the road to target military vehicles during its combing operations and a raid on a stronghold of Ansar Bayt El Maqdis terrorist organization.

. Saturday, July 11th

. A bomb exploded near Abu Rifai ambush at El Zuied, it did not result in any injuries or damage or casualties, as an explosive device planted by terrorist elements near the Abu Tawila ambush at El Sheikh Zuied, on the international road, "Sheikh Zuied, Rafah", without injuries also.

. A bombed car exploded in front of the headquarters of the Italian Consulate in Cairo, killing four citizens and wounding others and shattered the front of the building and a car.

. The explosives experts managed to dismantle a bomb the at the Nile Corniche, next to security directorate, without causing any damage or injuries.

. The armed forces carried out an operation, in which two militants were killed and destroyed an ammunition depot El Sheikh Zuied in North Sinai governorate, where it targeted explosive materials store in Hak El Hosan" area, which resulted in the complete destruction of the store and the escalation of flames and dense smoke, also, elements from the special forces launched fire on a cargo transfer car loaded with arms and ammunition in Al Mokataaa area, which led to the destruction of the vehicle and the killing of "terrorists" were on board.

. One person was killed and two others wounded after a mortar shell fired by unidentified gunmen toward Al Masoura military ambush in Rafah, however, the shell landed on a moving car.

. A sound bomb exploded in "Club condominium" residential , down town city center, without causing any loss of life.

. the security crackdown by security forces south of Sheikh Zuied and Rafah, resulted in killing two Takfirists, arresting seven suspects, destroyed a number of terrorist outposts and 3 motorcycles, and bombing four improvised explosive devices, as the forces managed to detonate four explosive devices planted by terrorist elements in the forces way, without injuries or losses.

. During raising the engineering efficiency of the five military ambushes south of Jura village, south of El Sheikh Zuied, armed forces managed to tune 7 explosive devices were planted to target the forces, with the help of the people of El Sheikh Zuied, and neutralized them, without injuries.

. crude bomb exploded behind Mahalla irrigation engineering building, without causing any damage or injuries among the citizens.

Sunday, July 12th

. A civilian home in the El Sheikh Zuied city was exploded as a result of a mortar shell fell on it, from expiatory groups, which resulted in wounding four of the occupants of the house.

. The bomb disposal experts managed to explode a structural bomb near a power adapter at Mahmud Rashwan St, Asyut city, without damages.

. The explosives experts at Beheira security directorate defused a structural bomb planted by unknown assailants in Ezbet El Wakeel, center , in , without any injuries.

. The explosives experts in governorate managed to deal with a foreign body was found in Syria St, El Mohandessen, next to the a famous mobile phone agent, without causing any damage.

. The explosives experts in Sharkia governorate defused an explosive device weighs 7 kilograms in Tahrir Sq in city , without causing any damages.

. Army forces launched a surprise air strike targeted a number of terrorist outposts south of Rafah and Sheikh Zuied, to thwart "Ansar Bayt Al Maqdis organization to carry out any terrorist attack, shelling resulted the death of four members of the organization.

. Civil Protection and crackers forces in managed to defuse a homemade bomb was found next to a gas station, in Dirout center, without any damages.

. explosives experts in Shrkia governorate dealt with a structure explosive device were found in one bathrooms of Deyarb Nagm court, without any damage.

Monday, July 13th

. Militants exploded two houses belongs to two police men at El city, in the south of El Arish city, North Sinai governorate, without occurring any damages or human losses.

. The explosives experts in Beheira governorate defused a bomb planted by unknown assailants under an electricity tower, Mahmudiya center department, the birthplace of Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Brotherhood.

. Unknown assailants lit fire at a power a adaptor in Kom Adragah village of Wasta center, governorate, which led to burn the adapter and power outage for the surrounding area.

. Army forces continued its air and ground campaign to cleanse North Sinai from terror, Army helicopters launched, raids which aircraft targeted a vehicle mounted with a multi-shots cannon, with three terrorist elements belonging to Ansar Bayt El Maqdis organization were ride it, the forces managed to detonate the car and charring all terrorist elements were on it , the Thunderbolt ground forces, also, launched campaigns to raid a number of terrorist outposts in the two villages Al Tomah and Al Mokataa, the Forces clashed with a very dangerous terrorist cell belonging to Ansar Bayt El Maqdis organization, at the entrance to El Jura village, ended with killing three elements of the cell and capturing two others, and the reservation on automatic rifles and a Motorola phone was in possession of one of them.

. The investigation apparatus in Giza managed to defuse 6 improvised explosive devices were found inside power adaptor in the Wahdan village, of Imbaba city, in .

. A bomb exploded near the vicinity of Asyut general prison of Asyut city, the explosion did not cause any damage or life losses.

. Army forces thwarted a new terrorist attempt, where the "Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis" terrorist organization intends to carry out a terrorist attack on a security ambush in Sidot area, Rafah, Where forces succeeded in killing (7) members of the organization " and wounded 8 others seriously injured, as a result to Apache aircraft targeting a large gathering for them, army forces also managed to capture 23 of the terrorist elements, and the destruction of three terrorist hotbeds.

. The securing elements of the Third Field Army killed a serious expiatory element named Mosa Freij, and arrested another alleged Nayef Freij, during a raid of combing operations of a valley in central Sinai, and arrested another.

Tuesday, July 14th

. An IED exploded inside a house of a policeman of the national security forces, located in «Abu Siam» area next to the new «Abu Hammad» level crossing, which resulted in the occurrence of damage in the doorway without casualties.

. Several explosive devices exploded down a high pressure tower, on (Fayoum - Megaga) road, which led to the existence of damage in one of the rules of the tower.

. An IED exploded next to a famous coffee shop, at Monshae't Lotf Allah, Fayoum city, which resulted in some damages in the coffee shop and in the next residential building, Al Shaweef

village in Atsa center also witnessed a fall of a high pressure tower after it was exploded by three impressive explosives devices, were placed below its basses, while two other explosive devices exploded in another near tower, and the third device was defused.

. A primitive sound bomb exploded in Ahmed Shawki St near the "Koshary Al Swaky," the central Fayoum city of, without any injuries or damages.

. Armed forces managed to thwart an attempt to storm Al Livitat military ambush in the Al Livitat village, South of El Sheikh Zuid, where large numbers of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis" organizing surrounded Al Livitat ambush t the moment of the breakfast today, and tried take over it, and fired mortars at the ambush, but the forces managed to repel the attack , where it killed and wounded a large number of terrorist elements, and an armed forces sergeant was killed during the clashes. Police forces of El Sheikh Zuied police department also thwarted an attempt to storm the department, where the terrorists were fired pullets on the headquarters of the department from a long-distance, to feel the forces' pulse, but the forces returned heavy fire until they were forced to flee.

. A huge explosion occurred at a civilians house in Rafah, as a result of a mortar shell fell at the house, it was launched by expiatory groups toward the army, but the shell landed by mistake on the civilians home, injuring several people, and they were were transferred to Rafah general hospital for treatment.

. Unknown assailants targeted Tamiya city council's vice president car while he was in his way to work at the city council, by placing a bomb led to the car explosion right after coming out of it, without injury, and the car explosion was followed by ignition of the power adapter feeding the area.

. A recruits died from his wound caused by a shell explosion in a military vehicle in El Sheikh Zuid center, in North Sinai, the body was transferred to El Arish military hospital .

. The security apparatus in Beheira governorate succeeded in arresting a terrorist cell composed of four leaders of the terrorist group and those responsible for the facts of bombings of electricity towers, gas line and garage Kafr El-Dawar city council.

. The explosives experts of province managed to defuse a homemade bomb, it was found inside the Al Anwar Al Muhammadiyah Mosque, at Al Kha zan district, center, north of the province.

. Security forces thwarted the exploding of five explosive devices on to El Arish - Rafah International road, in El Sheikh Zuied, planted by militants to target force.

Wednesday, July 15th

. unknown terrorists lit fire on a number of adapters at Abu Matamir center department, at the following villages Al Hamra and Al Khamseen, -Al Faroukiyah and Al Sebiah belonging to the local unit of Zawet Saqr, of Abu EL Matamir, the fire was controlled , and explosives experts managed to cope with a structural bomb found at Galal Koraytem Sq, in , without any damages.

. The army forces thwarted a suicide bomb car attack on a security fulcrum in the way of Katameya- , where the car exploded and killed its driver.

. A makeshift bomb exploded in Abdel Moneim Riad Sq, at the entrance to the Fayoum city, placed by unknown assailants next to the police car led to crash its windshield, but no injuries.

. A bomb exploded near the central bridge in downtown city of Fayoum, tthe explosion injured seven cases, including three police officers, they were transferred to Fayoum Ggeneral hospital.

. North Sinai security forces thwarted an attempt to explode an improvised explosive device on the highway in El-Arish in North Sinai, between Al Midan ambush and El Masaeed Arish, without any losses.

. Security forces killed 25 members of the organization and wounded several others, while trying to target a military ambush, south of El Sheikh Zuied, where the forces confronted them, and exchanged fire shooting with them, then combed the area and arrested 15 expiatory and suspects, as cited a sergeant from army forces in the North Sinai, and two recruit were wounded as a result to the terrorist elements targeting a military vehicle by a mortar shell, in South of El Sheikh Zuied.

Thursday, July 16

. A policeman in the general directorate of Cairo passage was wounded in a homemade bomb explosion, in front of a real estate at Roxy Sq in Heliopolis.

. Two unknown assailants placed an explosive device near a home owned to a policeman in Al-Safa neighborhood in El-Arish, the explosion resulted in damage to interface non-residents house and injured a citizen was passing by in the area, as the armed forces North Sinai defused a large explosive device, south of the Arish city, next to the ring road, without causing damage.

. The army forces detonated explosive devices were found previously in south of El-Arish city, where the forces transferred the explosive devices for the of the headquarters of Battalion 101 in El-Arish, and dealt with it.

. Air Force succeeded in conducting a military operation against a cell of -Bayt al-Maqdis is made up of five high risk armed elements, they were heading and heading from El Sheikh Zuied city to South Sinai, the Apache attack resulted in the deaths of five terrorist elements inside two cars were riding them, they also arrested other terrorist cell in El Arish city composing of three terrorist elements.

. Two explosive devices detonated in El Masaeed area and the Ring Road in El-Arish, what spread panic and terror state among citizens, without any damages.

Quantitative analysis of the bombing and violence incidents:

Distribution of violence incidents by the nature of the target entities

Targets # of Governorates incidents Police and armed 34 Asyut, North Sinai, Cairo, Fayoum, Sharkia,

forces Suez, Beheira, Monofiya Citizens 15 Asyut, North Sinai, Giza, Fayoum, Sharkia, , gathering Beheira , Gharbia, Aswan. Electricity and 11 Asyut, Giza, Fayoum, Sharkia, , Beheira , high pressure Bani Suef towers Diplomatic 1 Cairo Missions Judges and 1 Sharkia Courts Worship 1 Qena Places Total 63

Police and armed forces

1 1 1 Citizens gathering 11

Electricity and high 34 pressure towers 15 Diplomatic Missions

Judges and Courts

Worship Places

The results in the previous table indicating that the armed forces and the police have obtained the biggest share of the violence incidents were witnessed this week by 34 violence incidents, followed by targeting the citizen gathering places in the second place by 15 violent incidents, followed by Electricity and high pressure towers by 11incidents, and at the bottom Judges and Courts and Worship Places came by one incident for each.

Distribution of violence incidents by governorates:

Governorates # of incidents North Sinai 31 fayoum 8 Beheira 7

Asyut 4 Sharkia 3 Giza 3 Cairo 2 Aswan 1 Gharia 1 Suez 1 Bani Suef 1 Qena 1

31 35 30

25

20

15

7 8 10 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 0

The indicated results in the above table highlights that North Sinai took the lead among the governorates that have witnessed violence incidents this week by 31 violence incidents, followed by Fayoum with 8violence incidents, Beheira came next with 7 incident, followed by Asyut wit 4 incidents, Sharkia and Giza followed by 3 incidents for each one of them, Cairo followed with two violence incidents, Gharbia, Suez, Bani Suef and Qena, in the last place with only one incident for each.

The significance of bombings and violence incidents:

The figures of bombings and violence incidents conducted by terrorists in different Egyptian governorates over the last week indicate the following observations:-

. A remarkable reduction in bombings and violence incidents witnessed by the country this week, which stressed the significant security efforts to address many of terrorist attempts and thwarting them, where this week witnessed 63 violence incidents, compare to 83 violence incidents in the last week, and 111 violence incidents in the week before, which means that the crimes dropped by half in less than two weeks.

. There is a significant security effort in the infanticide terrorist plots in their infancy, or at least raised in trapping them narrowly as possible.

. The terrorist elements continued targeting armed forces and police basically, where their share this week was 34 from the total of 63 violence incidents, as 60%.

. Continuing targeting citizens dramatically, where their share was about 15 violence incidents this week, as 24%. . Continuation of terrorist elements' target to the public facilities and services, where heir share this week was about 12 violence incidents, as 19%.

. A reduction in the spread of bombings and violence in various provinces, where the violence were distributed in 12 provinces, with a large concentration in the North Sinai governorate, where its share was about 31 violent incident of the total 63.