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Luxor massacre

Terrorist attack in Luxor, Egypt on 17 November 1997
Event terrorist_attack Q53600

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
terrorist attack
Country
Egypt[3]
Location
Deir el-Bahari[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 25.738°, 32.606°[8]
Armament
automatic rifle, knife[5][6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Luxor[2]
Number of deaths
+62[10]
Number of injured
+26[11]
Participant
Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya[9]
Point in time
November 17, 1997[7]
Target
tourism
🏷️ Also known as
en Luxor massacre ar مذبحة الأقصر cs luxorský masakr de Anschlag von Luxor 1997 es masacre de Luxor fa قتل‌عام اقصر fi Luxorin verilöyly fr massacre de Louxor he טבח התיירים בלוקסור it Massacro di Luxor ja ルクソール事件 nl Terroristische aanslag in Luxor pt Massacre de Luxor ru Террористический акт в Луксоре 17 ноября 1997 года uk Напад у Луксорі в 1997 році zh 卢克索事件 zh 路克索事件
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Freebase ID
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Armament 2
knife, automatic rifle
Country 1
Egypt
Instance of 1
terrorist attack
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Luxor
Location 1
Deir el-Bahari
Participant 1
Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
← Significant event 1
Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
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Summary

Luxor massacre is a terrorist attack[1].

Related Entities

Egypt

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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Saldanha-mareo · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Egypt
    Instance of → terrorist attack
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