2006 Dahab bombings

2006 Dahab bombings

Infobox terrorist attack
title=2006 Dahab bombings


caption=
location=Dahab, Egypt
target=Resort, Nelson Restaurant, Aladdin Café and Ghazala Market
date=July 24, 2006
time-begin=7:15 pm
time-end=unknown
timezone=UTC+3
type=
fatalities=23
injuries=~ 80
perps=Jama'at al-Tawhīd wal-JihadThe Dahab bombings of 24 April 2006 were three bomb attacks on the Egyptian resort city of Dahab. The resorts are popular with Western tourists and Egyptians alike during the holiday season.

At about 19:15 local time on 24 April 2006 — a public holiday in celebration of Sham Al-Nasseim (Spring festival) — a series of bombs exploded in tourist areas of Dahab, a resort located on the Gulf of Aqaba coast of the Sinai Peninsula. One blast occurred in or near the Nelson restaurant, one near the Aladdin café (both being on both sides of the bridge), and one near the Ghazala market. At least 23 people were killed, mostly Egyptians, but including a German, Lebanese, Russian, Swiss, and a Hungarian. [cite news |last=Wedemen |first=Ben |coauthors=Faraj, Caroline; Zippori, Michal |title=Egypt ties Dahab blasts to other attacks |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/26/egypt.blasts/index.html |work=CNN |date=2006-04-26 |accessdate=2006-07-28] Around 80 people were wounded, including tourists from Australia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Israel, South Korea, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, and the United States. [cite news |title=Dahab blasts pinned on suicide bombers |url=http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=270005&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/ |work=Mail & Guardian |date=2006-04-25 |accessdate=2006-07-28]

The governor of South Sinai reported that the blasts might have been suicide attacks, but later Habib Adly, the interior minister of Egypt said that the devices were nail bombs set off by timers, and Egyptian TV also reported that the bombs were detonated remotely. Later investigations revealed the blasts were suicide attacks, set off by Bedouins, as in earlier attacks in the Sinai. [cite news |last=Nahmias |first=Roee |title=Dahab bombers were Sinai Bedouin |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3244022,00.html |work=Ynetnews |date=2006-04-26 |accessdate=2006-07-28]

These explosions followed other bombings elsewhere in the Sinai Peninsula in previous years: in Sharm el-Sheikh on 23 July 2005 and in Taba on 6 October 2004.

Egyptian security officials have stated that the attacks were the work of an Islamic terror organisation called Jama'at al-Tawhīd wal-Jihad. [cite news |last=Al Shafey |first=Mohammed |title=Dahab Bombers Inspired by Al-Qaeda |url=http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=4749 |work=Asharq Al-Awsat |date=2006-04-29 |accessdate=2006-04-30]

References

See also

* 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks
* 2004 Sinai bombings
* November 1997 Luxor massacre

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4940506.stm Triple blasts rock Egypt resort] - BBC
* [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1B7E3152-4207-4249-8EC8-AC5A1E65C2B6.htm Egypt resort blasts kill at least 23] - Al Jazeera
* [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/04/24/egypt-blasts060424.html At least 21 Killed at Egyptian Resort] - CBC
* [http://stadros.blogspot.com/2006/04/dahab-egypt-bombings.html What Really Happened in Dahab] - Sam Tadros Dahab Divemaster


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