Mohammed Showqi Al-Islambouli
Mohammed Showqi Al-Islambouli | |
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Native name | محمد شوقي الإسلامبولي |
Born | Minya, Egypt | 21 January 1957
Allegiance | Al-Qaeda al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya |
Mohammed Showqi Al-Islambouli (
Militant life
Islambouli organised the first teams of Egyptian
In late May 1995, Hassan al-Turabi met with Ayman al-Zawahiri to discuss the future of the Vanguards of Conquest; now to operate solely out of Egypt.[2] al-Zawahiri and Mustafa Hamzah organised a meeting in Ferney-Voltaire on the French-Swiss border, attended by a colleague of Tal'at Fu'ad Qasim, an associate of Showky Al-Islambouli and the son of Said Ramadan.[2] The group decided to focus their efforts on Addis Ababa, and that their veteran members would come together under the leadership of Islambouli.[2]
Al-Islambouli came close to assassinating the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on 22 June 1995 on the way from Addis Ababa International Airport to an African summit in the city. Showky and his associates opened fire on the armor-plated limousine destroying most of the escort vehicles. However, Mubarak was saved by the skills of his chauffeur, who U-turned the damaged limousine and raced back to the airport where the presidential plane was waiting with running engines.[3][4]
Over the winter of 1996–97, Al-Islambouli was commanding a team of
Al-Islambouli returned to Egypt in May 2011. He was arrested upon arrival at Cairo International Airport and was retried on terrorism charges. An Egyptian military court in Cairo ordered his release on health grounds in February 2012.[5]
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- ^ [1] Mubarak 1995 assassination attempt Archived September 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Egypt military court releases the brother of Sadat's assassin". Al-Ahram. 2012-02-27.