2016 in Egypt
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| See also: | Other events of 2016 List of years in Egypt |
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Events
January
- 8 January - Sinai insurgency: Two suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant attackers were killed and three tourists were injured in an unsuccessful attack on a hotel in the city of Hurghada.[1]
March
- 29 March - a plane was hijacked and landed in Cyprus.
May
- May 19 - EgyptAir Flight 804 between Paris and Cairo disappears with 56 passengers and 10 crew onboard. The plane was at 37,000 feet when it disappeared ten minutes before entering Egyptian airspace over the Mediterranean Sea. It is later reported to have crashed off the Greek island of Karpathos with terrorism suspected.[2]
August
- August 5-21 - 38 athletes from Egypt will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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