1986 Egyptian Conscription Riot

When

25 Feb 1986 – 28 Feb 1986

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

30.06° N, 31.25° E

Description

1986 mutiny in Cairo, Egypt

Placed at the town its description names, Cairo.

1986 mutiny in Cairo, Egypt

On 25 February 1986, around 25,000 conscripts of the Central Security Forces (CSF), a paramilitary force in Egypt, launched a mutiny in Cairo and the surrounding area. They staged violent protests as a reaction to the rumour that their three-year compulsory service would be prolonged by one additional year without any additional benefits or promotion in rank, targeting tourist areas, the United States Embassy Compoun…

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• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “أحداث الأمن المركزي: عشرات الآلاف من مجندي الأمن المركزي يتظاهرون في معسكر الجيزة بطريق الإسكندرية الصحراوي احتجاجاً على سوء أوضاعهم”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page