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Soldiers of Egypt

Soldiers of Egypt or Ajnad Misr[6][7] was a Salafist Islamist militant group that has been operating near Cairo, Egypt.[8] The group was founded by Humam Muhammed in 2013, after he split away from the Ansar Bait al-Maqdis militant group.[1] The group claims that its attacks are "retribution" for the August 2013 Rabaa Massacre; notably, the group targets only security forces.[4] It has warned civilians of the presence of bombs that it has placed.[9]

This article is about the Salafist Islamist militant group. For the article on Egyptian government soldiers, see Egyptian Armed Forces.

Soldiers of Egypt

Humam Muhammed †[1]
Ezz al-Din al-Masri[2]

20 November 2013[3]–present

Egypt Cairo, Egypt

Salafist jihadism[4]

Egyptian security forces[5]

Insurgency in Egypt

The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters declared the group a terrorist group on 22 May 2014.[10] It has been a Proscribed Organisation in the United Kingdom under the Terrorism Act 2000 since 28 November 2014.[11] The United States Department of State designated it a terrorist organization on 18 December 2014.[12]


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.[13][14]

The group claimed responsibility for [15] that occurred on 24 January 2014 that ultimately killed four policeman and wounding 100 people,[16][17] Ansar Bait al-Maqdis indicated that Soldiers of Egypt had executed one of the bombings, despite the fact that Ansar Bait al-Maqdis initially claimed responsibility for all of the bombings.[18]

an attack

31 January; An explosive device blast against a vehicle with (CSF) officers, wounding one.[19][20] In the same day a double attack against a CSF camp in Giza Governorate left one officer wounded.[21][22]

Central Security Forces

The group claimed responsibility for two bombings that occurred on 7 February 2014, which left six officers of the (ENP) wounded.[7][23]

Egyptian National Police

The group claimed to have killed one policemen and injured eight people in a 13 February 2015 bombing near a police station in .[24]

Ain Shams

The group exploded a bomb in on 5 March 2014.[25][26]

6th of October City

The group targeted a police car parked near the Israeli embassy in Cairo on 11 March 2014.[27]

[25]

The group placed a bomb in on 29 March 2014.[25][28]

Nasr City

2 April: One civilian and one police general was killed and four people were wounded in a coordinate quadruple bombing at in Giza.[29][30]

Cairo University

10 April: A militant threw an explosive device under the vehicle of a police captain, detonating and wounding the officer, in , Giza.[5][31][32] In the same day, and explosive device blasts in El-Houssari Square, without leaving victims.[31]

6th of October

15 April: Two policemen and a civilian wounded by a bomb in .[5][33]

Giza

18 April; One police officer was killed and other wounded by the group in Lebanon Square area, .[34][5][35]

Mohandessin

23 April: The group killed the Brigadier General Ahmed Zaki of the in 6th of October, Giza.[34][36]

Central Security Forces

30 June: A quadruple coordinate bombing in the in Heliopolis district, Cairo. The blasts kill two officers and wound other 10.[9][37][38]

Ittihadiya Palace

21 September: An improvised device near an (ENP) checkpoint in Boulaq Abu El-Ela neighborhood, Cairo, killing two police and wound 6 six more.[39][40]

Egyptian National Police

14 October: A bomb blasts near a metro station and the High Court of Justice on Ramses Street in Cairo, left 13 civilians wounded.[42]

[41]

22 October: The group claimed responsibility for a bombing that occurred on 22 October 2014 near that injured 11 people.[43][44]

Cairo University

20 November; Militants threw an explosive device that detonated near an ENP checkpoint in (near Helwan University), Cairo, leaving five officers wounded.[45][46][47]

Helwan

The group injured four policemen in a bombing that occurred on 5 December 2014 near .[48]

Ain Shams University