What the records say
- When
- 17 Nov 1997
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 25.74° N, 32.61° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Luxor massacre.
Luxor massacre
1997 terrorist attack in Egypt
The Luxor massacre was a terrorist attack that occurred on 17 November 1997 in Egypt. It was perpetrated by al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya and resulted in the deaths of 62 people, most of whom were tourists. It took place at Dayr al-Bahri, an archaeological site located across the Nile from the city of Luxor.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “36 touristes suisses figurent parmi les 66 victimes tuées lors du massacre de Louxor”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “боевики египетской исламистской группировки «Аль-Гамаа аль-исламийя» убили 58 иностранных туристов и четырёх египтян, осматривавших памятники Луксора”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “エジプトルクソール神殿でイスラム過激派によるテロ事件。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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