Reuters put out this timeline of terror attacks in Egypt tonight after the bombings at the Sharm el-Sheikh resort tonight:
Oct. 21, 1992 — Militants ambush tourist bus, killing a British woman and wounding two British men. The woman is the first foreigner to die in militant-related violence.
Feb. 26, 1993 — Bomb in crowded coffee shop in central Cairo kills a Turk, a Swede and an Egyptian and wounds 20.
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June 8 — Bomb explodes near tour bus on Pyramids Road in Cairo, killing two Egyptians and wounding 22 people, including five Britons.
Oct. 27 — A man described as a mentally disturbed musician shoots dead two American businessmen, a French jurist and an Italian at a luxury Cairo hotel.
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March 4, 1994 — Gunmen fire at Nile cruiser in southern Egypt, wounding a German woman tourist, who died after being flown back to Germany.
Aug. 26 — Gunmen kill Spanish boy in an attack on a tourist bus in southern Egypt.
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Sept. 27 — Gunmen shoot and kill one German tourist and wound another in a gun attack in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada. Two Egyptians also killed and another German man died of his wounds after returning to Germany.
Oct. 23 — Suspected Muslim militants kill a British tourist and wound three in a minibus attack.
April 18, 1996 — Islamic militants shoot dead 18 Greek tourists they mistook for Israelis near the Pyramids.
Sept. 18, 1997 — Gunmen kill nine German tourists and their Egyptian bus driver in a shooting and firebomb attack outside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
Nov. 17 — Attackers kill 58 tourists and four Egyptians at an ancient temple near the southern tourist town of Luxor. Six gunmen and three police also die in the violence.
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Oct. 7, 2004 – A series of bombings at the Taba Hilton hotel on Egypt’s border with Israel, and two beaches further south, kill 34 people.
April 7, 2005 – A probable suicide bomb attack in a bazaar in medieval Cairo kills an American man, a French man and woman and the suspected bomber.
April 30 – A suicide bomber wounds seven people including four foreigners — two Israelis, an Italian and a Swede — near the Egyptian museum.
July 23 – Car bombs rock Red Sea resorts of Sharm el-Sheikh and nearby Naama Bay, killing 20 and wounding at least 100.
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