1990 Cairo bus attack
The Cairo bus attack was a military attack on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Cairo, Egypt that occurred on February 4, 1990. The attack was claimed by two groups, an unknown group calling itself the 'Organisation for the Defense of the Oppressed of Egypts Prisons' which claimed to have done it to protest the torture in Egyptian prisons, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Nine Israeli civilians were killed and 17 more were wounded with automatic fire and hand grenades. The attack was the worst on Israelis in Egypt since the two countries signed a peace agreement in 1979.
| 1990 Cairo bus attack | |
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Memorial for the attack victims | |
| Native name | פיגוע האוטובוס במצרים (1990) |
| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
| Date | February 4, 1990 |
| Weapons | Rifles, grenades |
| Deaths | 9 Israeli civilians |
| Injured | 17 |
| Perpetrator | Palestinian Islamic Jihad |
Israel's minister Ariel Sharon said the Palestine Liberation Organisation was behind the attack.
Later, the Egyptian government announced that the attack had been plotted abroad and carried out by non-Egyptians.