The Meet al-Attar shooting was a

mass shooting A mass shooting is a violent crime in which one or more attackers use a firearm to Gun violence, kill or injure multiple individuals in rapid succession. There is no widely accepted specific definition, and different organizations tracking su ...

that occurred in Meet al-Attar () a village near

Banha Banha ( ) is the capital of the Qalyubiyya Governorate in north-eastern Egypt. Between the capital of Cairo and the city of Tanta, Banha is an important transport hub, as rail lines from Cairo to various cities in the Nile Delta pass through it ...

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

on 21 August 2013, when Omar Abdul Razeq Abdullah Rifai (), a 28-year-old unemployed poultry dealer and ex-convict who was recently released from his sentence after his involvement in the death of 23 people in 2008 over a family feud, fatally shot 15 people and possibly wounded several others, using an AKMS

assault rifle An assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge, intermediate-rifle cartridge and a Magazine (firearms), detachable magazine.C. Taylor, ''The Fighting Rifle: A Complete Study of the Rifle in Combat'', F.A. Moyer '' ...

, before being shot dead by villagers himself.Egypt: Man kills 17 in shooting spree
''Gulf News'' (August 21, 2013)

Perpetrator

Omar Abdul Razeq Abdullah Rifai (1985 – 21 August 2013) was a resident of Meet al-Attar and an ex-convict. In 2008, was found guilty of involvement in a local vendetta in which 23 people were killed. He was recently released from prison after serving his term. His motive for the attack seems to be because they failed to support his family in a vendetta.

Victims

*Ahmed Samir Ibrahim Abdel Raouf, 25, shot in the chest and left side, () *Abdel Aziz Abdel Fattah Abdel Aziz, 42, shot in the chest and arms, () *Emad Hamdy Fathy Ali Allam, 23, shot in the abdomen, () *Emad Husseiny Abdel-Hafiz Hanafi, 29, shot in the abdomen, () *Mohammed Shehta Sayed Hassan, 29, shot in the abdomen and right side, () *Abdullah Zenhom Afifi Metwali, 25, shot in the neck and chest, () *Amin Ali Amin Al-Daedae, 33, shot in the chest, () *Taha Ahmed Taha Ahmed Sayed, 25, shot in the chest and groin, () *Ibrahim Sayed Ibrahim Nada, 32, shot in the head, abdomen, and left thigh, () *Hassan Abdel Alim Mohamed Hassan, 41, shot in the abdomen and pelvis, () *Hassan Mohammed Hadi Abdul Hafeez, 27, shot in the head and left arm, () *Abdel Fattah Mohamed Faraj Ibrahim, 25, shot in the neck and right side, () *Mohammed Hashim Ibrahim Hashim, 31, shot in the chest, right side, and right arm, () *Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel Rahim Sayed, 25, shot in the back and right arm, () *Ahmed Abdul Azim Sayed Abdul Sadiq, 27, shot in the back, ()

References

{{reflist

External links

Egypt: Man kills 17 people in shooting spree
'' Gulfnews.com'' (21 August 2013)
Man kills 15 in reported vengeful shooting spree in Banha
''

Al-Ahram Weekly ''Al-Ahram Weekly'' is an English-language weekly broadsheet printed by the Al-Ahram Publishing House in Cairo, Egypt. History and profile ''Al Ahram Weekly'' was established in 1991 by the ''Al-Ahram'' newspaper, which also runs a French-langu ...

'' (21 August 2013)
أمن القليوبية ينفى قتل مرتكب مجزرة ميت العطار برصاص الشرطة
''

'' (21 August 2013)
وسائل إعلام: مقتل 12 شخصا في إطلاق نار عشوائي بقرية مصرية
'' Reuters.com'' (21 August 2013)
استنفار أمني بقرية "ميت العطار" بالقليوبية
''almesryoon.com'' (21 August 2013)
"بوابة الأهرام" تنشر أسماء ضحايا مجزرة قرية ميت العطار في بنها
''

'' (21 August 2013) 2013 mass shootings in Africa 2013 murders in Egypt Attacks in Egypt in 2013 August 2013 crimes in Africa Deaths by firearm in Egypt Mass murder in 2013 21st-century mass murder in Egypt Mass shootings in Egypt Qalyubiyya Governorate Mass shootings involving armed citizens