Abu Musallam incident
| Abu Musallam attack | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | Abu Musallam, Giza, Egypt |
| Date | 23 June 2013 |
| Target | Shiites |
Attack type | Stabbings/beatings/lynching |
| Weapons | sticks rocks |
| Deaths | 5 Shias[citation needed] |
| Injured | dozens[citation needed] |
| Perpetrators | Sunnis (Salafists, Muslim Brotherhood)[1] |
The Abu Musallam incident was an event where a large group of 3000 people, including Salafist Muslims, killed a small group of Shias in their home in a suburb of Cairo on June 23 2013. Among the dead was sheikh Hassan Shehata who was a prominent religious figure among the Egyptian Shia community. Some news sources described the mob as "takfiris", while others described it as being a result of anti-Shia rhetoric steaming from sermons at Friday prayers.[2]
References
- ^ Egypt: Attack On Shia Comes At Dangerous Time
- ^ Egypt mob attack kills four Shia Muslims near Cairo retrieved 5 July 2013
