 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Suleiman Khater | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | Suleiman Mohammed Abdul-Hamid Khater 1961 Ekyad, Egypt |
| Died | January 7, 1986 (aged 24–25) |
| Cause of death | Suicide by hanging (allegedly) |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Conviction(s) | Murder (8 counts) |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment with hard labor |
| Details | |
| Date | October 5, 1985 |
| Location(s) | Ras Burqa, Egypt |
| Target(s) | Israeli |
| Killed | 8 |
| Injured | 4 |
Suleiman Mohammed Abdul-Hamid Khater (Arabic سليمان خاطر, also transcribed Soleiman, Sulaiman, Sulayman, Suliman, etc.; 1961 – 7 January 1986) was an Egyptian soldier who committed the Ras Burqa massacre of October 5, 1985, when he opened fire on Israeli tourists in the Sinai Peninsula, killing seven of them, as well as an Egyptian police officer. While Israel demanded that he be harshly punished, he enjoyed widespread support in Egypt and throughout the Arab world for his actions. Khater was found dead in January 1986, hanged in his jail cell, and the cause of his death was officially determined to be suicide. Many suspected that the Egyptian authorities killed him and staged a "suicide" as a convenient escape from their political dilemma.[1]
- ^ Tessler, Mark A.: A History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Indiana University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-253-20873-4 (p. 661)