Incident Summary:

07/04/2015: An explosive device detonated while electricity company workers were repairing a power station in Sheikh Zuweid town, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Two people were killed and one other was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201507040081

When:
2015-07-04

Country:
Egypt

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

North Sinai

City:
Sheikh Zuweid

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Business
Name of Entity Electricity Company
Specific Description Employees
Nationality of Target Egypt
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Unknown
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Unknown Explosive Type
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 2 Fatalities / 1 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 2
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 1
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Sinai Diary: 'There were so many dead'," Middle East Eye, July 12, 2015.
"allAfrica.com: Egypt: 6 Civilians Killed in Three Attacks in North Sinai," DailyMe.Com, July 5, 2015.
"Egypt: three separate Sinai attacks kill six civilians," Albawaba, July 5, 2015.