Soldiers of Egypt


Soldiers of Egypt was a Salafist Islamist militant group that operated near Cairo, Egypt. The group was founded by Humam Muhammed in 2013, after he split away from the Ansar Bait al-Maqdis militant group. The group claimed that its attacks were "retribution" for the August 2013 Rabaa Massacre; notably, the group targeted only security forces. It warned civilians of the presence of bombs that it placed.
The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters declared the group a terrorist group on 22 May 2014. It was a Proscribed Organisation in the United Kingdom under the Terrorism Act 2000 since 28 November 2014. The United States Department of State designated it a terrorist organization on 18 December 2014.
On April 5 of 2015, Hammam Mohamed Attiyah, founder of Ajnad Misr was killed during a raid in Cairo. The group confirmed that been succeeded by Ezz al-Din al-Masry.

Attacks

2014

2015

  • The group killed one policeman and injured three civilians in a January 2015 bombing in the Talbia district of Giza.
  • 22 January: An assailant threw an explosive device at the presidential palace in Misr Al Gadida, Cairo, leaving an officer wounded.
  • 23 January; A bomb blasts Alf Maskan neighborhood, Cairo, left four officers and a civilian wounded. Two days later, a double attack in an anniversary of the Egyptian revolution left three officers wounded in Cairo.
  • 13 February; an improvised device blasts killed one policeman and injured seven policemen and a civilian in Ain Shams neighborhood, Cairo.
  • 28 March; An improvised device blasts in a metro station near Cairo University, leaving four officers and four civilians wounded.
  • 5 April: The group claimed responsibility for a bombing in an ENP Checkpoint in Zamalek that killed one officer and wound three more. Ajnad Misr claimed the attack
  • 13 April; Explosive devices blasts against a Transmission tower, in 6th of October city, Giza, leaving serious damage to the electric infrastructure.
  • 16 July: An explosive device blasts in front of a building in Roxy Square, Heliopolis, leaving one officer wounded.
  • 10 August; An improvised device blasts at a traffic sentry post near a courthouse in Cairo, killing a police captain and wounding three more.