List Of Most Notorious Criminals In Egyptian History

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Hesham Ashmawy

(Convicted Terrorist Who Served as an Officer in the Egyptian Army')

Birthdate: 1978 AD

Birthplace: Nasr City, Egypt

Died: March 4, 2020

Hesham Ashmawy was a convicted terrorist who formed his own network named al-Mourabitoun. Prior to his activities as a terrorist, Ashmawy served in the Egyptian Army and is believed to have orchestrated numerous terrorist attacks on state institutions. He went on to become one of the most wanted militants and was arrested in 2018. Hesham Ashmawy was executed in 2020.

Khālid al-Islāmbūlī

(Assassin)

Birthdate: January 15, 1955

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: al-Minyā, Egypt

Died: April 15, 1982

Saif al-Adel

(Al-Qaeda)

Birthdate: April 11, 1960

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Menofia Governorate, Egypt

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Ayman al-Zawahiri

(Terrorist)

Birthdate: June 19, 1951

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Maadi, Egypt

Former surgeon Ayman al-Zawahiri was initially Osama bin Laden’s physician and became the leader of al-Qaeda after Laden’s death. He was one of the brains behind the 9/11 terror attacks. He also urged Muslims to kidnap Western tourists in Islamic countries and was behind the U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa.

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Mohamed Atta

(Hijacker)

Birthdate: September 1, 1968

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt

Died: September 11, 2001

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour

(Serial killer)

Birthdate: 1980 AD

Birthplace: Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt

Died: December 16, 2010

Omar Abdel-Rahman

(Blind Egyptian Islamist Militant and Leader of 'Al-Jama’a Al-Islamiyya')

Birthdate: May 3, 1938

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

Died: February 18, 2017

Known as The Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel-Rahman was a blind Islamist militant from Egypt. Though blind since childhood, he studied theology and went on to lead the al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah. He later fled to the US, where he was convicted of plotting several terrorist activities and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Muhammad Atef

(Terrorist)

Birthdate: 1944 AD

Birthplace: Menofia Governorate, Egypt

Died: November 16, 2001

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah

(Egyptian militant)

Birthdate: June 6, 1963

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Egypt

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