Hasm Movement
| Hasm Movement | |
|---|---|
| حسم | |
 Logo of the Hasm Movement [1] | |
| Dates of operation | 2015 – present |
| Active regions | Egypt |
| Ideology | Islamism |
| Opponents |  Egypt (post-2013) |
| Battles and wars | Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present) |
The Arms of Egypt Movement (Arabic: حركة سواعد مَصر Ḥarakat Sāwa'd Miṣr), commonly known as the Hasm Movement (Arabic: حسم), is an Islamist militant group operating in Egypt.[2]
Attacks
On 5 August 2016, the Hasm Movement claimed responsibility for an assassination attempt on the former Grand Mufti of Egypt Ali Gomaa.[3]
On 29 September 2016, the Hasm movement attempted to kill Zakaria Abdel Aziz, a senior assistant to Egypt's top prosecutor, as he was returning home from his office in eastern Cairo. The bomb failed to kill or hurt Aziz and his entourage, though one passerby was injured and taken to hospital.[4]
On 4 November 2016, the Hasm movement claimed responsibility for an assassination attempt on local judge Ahmed Aboul Fotouh in Nasr City. Judge Fotouh was one of three judges who sentenced former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to twenty years in prison in 2015.[5]
On 9 December 2016, the Hasm Movement claimed responsibility for an attack on a checkpoint on a main road near the Giza pyramid complex on the outskirts of Cairo, which killed six police officers.[6]
The group was accused of being behind the 2019 Cairo explosion, which resulted in 20 deaths and 47 injured,[7] but the group had denied the allegations.[8]
Designation as a terrorist group
- On 22 December 2017, the United Kingdom banned HASM as a 'proscribed terrorist organisation'.[9]
- On 31 January 2018, the United States designated HASM as a 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist' entity.[10]
See also
References
- ^ https://t.me/hasamegypt/2
- ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Egypt: Hasm militants kill dozens of police after botched raid | DW | 21.10.2017". DW.COM. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
- ^ "Who's behind assassination attempt on former Egyptian mufti?". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ Recently-emerged militant group claims attack on Egyptian prosecutor
- ^ Editorial, Reuters. "Egyptian judge who tried Mursi survives assassination attempt". Retrieved 9 December 2016.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ "Bombing kills six near pyramids in Cairo". 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ Car involved in Cairo blast contained explosives: interior ministry
- ^ Explosives-packed car kills 20, injures dozens in Cairo collision
- ^ http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/12/23/UK-designates-Hasm-Liwaa-el-Thawra-militant-group-in-Egypt-as-terrorist-.html
- ^ https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/01/277792.htm