2014 Sinai attacks (October 2014)

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The 2014 Sinai attacks (October 2014) were a series of coordinated militant assaults in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula that killed dozens of security personnel and marked one of the deadliest episodes of the Sinai-based Islamist insurgency.

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instanceOf	event ⓘ mass killing ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	2014 North Sinai attacks ⓘ October 2014 Sinai attacks NERFINISHED ⓘ
attackType	armed assault ⓘ bombing ⓘ coordinated assaults ⓘ
casualtiesDescription	one of the deadliest attacks on Egyptian security forces in Sinai since 2011 ⓘ
casualtiesSecurityForcesKilled	dozens ⓘ
consequence	Egypt expanded buffer zone along Gaza border ⓘ intensified Egyptian military operations in Sinai ⓘ
context	occurred after the 2013 ouster of President Mohamed Morsi ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
date	2014-10-24 ⓘ
location	North Sinai Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinai Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
method	car bomb ⓘ small arms fire ⓘ suicide bombing ⓘ
motive	to retaliate against Egyptian security operations in Sinai ⓘ to undermine Egyptian state authority in Sinai ⓘ
numberOfAttacks	multiple coordinated assaults ⓘ
opposingParty	Egyptian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian police NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Egyptian insurgency (post-2013) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinai insurgency NERFINISHED ⓘ
perpetrator	Ansar Beit al-Maqdis NERFINISHED ⓘ
perpetratorClassification	Islamist militant group ⓘ
primaryTarget	Egyptian security forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Middle East ⓘ
relatedTo	2013–present Sinai insurgency ⓘ Ansar Beit al-Maqdis pledge of allegiance to Islamic State (later in 2014) ⓘ
result	Egyptian government declared state of emergency in parts of Sinai ⓘ closure of Rafah border crossing with Gaza (temporarily) ⓘ heavy casualties among Egyptian security personnel ⓘ imposition of curfew in North Sinai ⓘ
significance	marked escalation of Sinai-based Islamist insurgency ⓘ prompted major security policy changes in Egypt ⓘ
target	Egyptian Army checkpoints NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian security installations ⓘ
timePeriod	October 2014 ⓘ
victimGroup	Egyptian security personnel ⓘ Egyptian soldiers ⓘ

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