Kerdasa massacre

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{{Short description|Killing of several security personnel in August 2013 in a town in Giza}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Kerdasa massacre
| partof = the [[Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–14)|Post-coup unrest in Egypt]]
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| location = [[Kerdasa]], [[Giza Governorate|Giza]], [[Egypt]]
| target = [[Law enforcement in Egypt|Egyptian National Police]]
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| date = 14 August 2013
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| type = [[Mass murder]]
| fatalities = 12 policemen, 2 civilians
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| perp = Militants
| weapons = [[AK-47]]s, [[Machine guns]], [[Rocket-propelled grenade|RPG-7]]s
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{{Campaignbox Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–14)}}
{{Campaignbox Terrorism in Egypt}}

The '''Kerdasa massacre''' refers to the killing of twelve Egyptian security personnel in August 2013 in [[Kerdasa]]'s main police station, a town in [[Giza Governorate|Giza]].

==The attack==
On 14 August 2013, shortly after the Egyptian security forces launched a [[August 2013 Rabaa massacre|violent crackdown and massacre]] on two protest camps in Cairo where hundreds of supporters of [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|ousted]] Egyptian president [[Mohamed Morsi]] were killed, more than fifty militants stormed the police station of Kerdasa killing 12 officers and 2 civilians.<ref name=ahram>{{cite news|title=Egypt refers 188 to court over Kerdasa police killings|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/94117/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-refers--to-court-over-Kerdasa-police-killing.aspx}}</ref>

According to the criminal investigation reports, about 50 militants and Bedouins militants besieged the station for more than 5 hours, before some masked men shot at the complex with [[Rocket-propelled grenade|RPG]]s.<ref name=watan>{{cite news|title=Egypt Kerdasa Massacre (Arabic)|url=http://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/262190}}</ref> The victims' bodies showed signs of torture that might have led to their deaths and others were mutilated.<ref name=ahram/> The attackers later moved to the town's only church, chased out the people praying inside, torched it and later painted "we will show you rage and we will make you see terrorism" on one of the building's charred walls.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vicious Backlash Shakes One Egyptian Town|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324139404579015061439067186?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887324139404579015061439067186.html}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
On 19 September 2013, as a response to the attack, the Egyptian National Police stormed the village where they clashed with militants. Giza's deputy security chief, [[Law enforcement in Egypt#Officers ranks|Major General]] Nabil Farrag, was killed during gunfire exchange between the police and the militants.<ref>{{cite news|title=Clashes as Egypt troops swoop on Islamist stronghold near Cairo|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4431347,00.html}}</ref> The operation was aired on national television. A daytime curfew was announced during the raid while security officers were searching for the wanted. The police arrested 156 people. They were referred to court over the killings with charges of terrorism, murder, damaging public property and possession of weapons.<ref name=ahram/><ref>{{cite news|title=Eleven more suspects in Kerdasa violence remanded into custody |url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/eleven-more-suspects-kerdasa-violence-remanded-custody}}</ref>

On 2 July 2017, the Cairo Criminal court sentenced 20 defendants to death, 80 defendants to life in prison, 34 defendants to 15 years imprisonment, a minor to ten years, and acquitted 21 defendants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/07/02/20-defendants-sentenced-death-kerdasa-massacre-re-trial/|title=20 defendants sentenced to death in Kerdasa massacre re-trial|work=Daily News Egypt|date=2 July 2017}}</ref>

Nine defendants convicted for their role in the massacre were executed by hanging at [[Wadi el-Natrun prison]] on April 26, 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Magdy|first=Samy|title=Egypt officials: 9 men executed for 2013 attack on police|language=en-US|work=[[Washington Post]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypt-officials-9-men-executed-for-2013-attack-on-police/2021/04/26/74150952-a6b4-11eb-a8a7-5f45ddcdf364_story.html|access-date=2021-04-29|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Sinai insurgency]]
*[[Terrorism in Egypt]]

==References==
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[[Category:Attacks in 2013]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Egypt in 2013]]
[[Category:Mass murder in 2013]]
[[Category:2013 Egyptian coup d'état]]
[[Category:Riots and civil disorder in Egypt]]
[[Category:Terrorism in Egypt]]
[[Category:Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014)]]
[[Category:Attacks on police stations in the 2010s]]
[[Category:Massacres in 2013]]
[[Category:Massacres in Egypt]]

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