Ras Burqa massacre

Ras Burqa massacre

Attack
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LocationRas Burqa, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Coordinates29°12′28″N 34°44′06″E / 29.20778°N 34.73500°E / 29.20778; 34.73500
Date5 October 1985
TargetIsraeli tourists
Attack type
Mass murder
WeaponsMachine gun
Deaths7 Israeli civilians (including 4 children)
1 Egyptian policeman[1]
Injured4 Israeli civilians
PerpetratorLone Egyptian soldier (Suleiman Khater)

The Ras Burqa massacre was a mass shooting on 5 October 1985 on Israeli vacationers in Ras Burqa, a beach resort area in the Sinai peninsula, in which seven people, including four children, were killed by Egyptian soldier Suleiman Khater.