| 2014 Taba bus bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Sinai insurgency | |
  Taba | |
| Location | Taba, Egypt |
| Coordinates | 29°29′35.35″N 34°53′47.46″E / 29.4931528°N 34.8965167°E |
| Date | 16 February 2014 |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 17 |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province |
The 2014 Taba bus bombing was a terrorist attack on a tourist coach in Taba, Egypt on 16 February 2014. The bus had been parked, waiting to cross into Israel at the Taba Border Crossing, when a lone suicide bomber entered the open bus and detonated his explosives.[1] Four people – three South Koreans and the Egyptian bus driver were killed, and 17 others injured.[2]
The attack was seen as marking a potential shift in the strategy of jihadist groups in the Sinai insurgency by broadening their campaign against Egyptian security forces to include tourists.
- ^ Hendawi, Hamza; Choi, Jung-Yoon (17 February 2014). "Egypt: Suicide bomber behind tourist bus attack". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ Elyan, Tamim; El Wardany, Salma; El-Tablawy, Tarek (16 February 2014). "Egypt Bus Blast in Sinai Peninsula Kills Korean Tourists". Bloomberg News.