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2015 Cairo restaurant fire | |
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Location | Cairo, Egypt |
Date | December 4, 2015 |
Target | Employees of the club |
Attack type | Arson, Mass killing |
Weapons | Molotov cocktail[1] |
Deaths | 17[2] |
Injured | 6[3] |
On December 4, 2015, a molotov cocktail was thrown into the El Sayad restaurant in Cairo, Egypt.[4] The resultant fire killed 17 people, and wounded six.[1][5] The restaurant was also a nightclub and was located in the Agouza district of the city.[4]
The restaurant was located in a basement and had no fire exits.[1]