Abu Musallam incident

The Abu Musallam incident was an event where a large group 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.[3][4]

Abu Musallam attack
LocationAbu Musallam, Giza, Egypt
Date23 June 2013
TargetShiites
Attack type
Stabbings/beatings/lynching
Weaponssticks
rocks
Deaths5 Shias[1]
Injureddozens[1]
PerpetratorsSunnis (Salafists, Muslim Brotherhood)[2]

References
  1. Takfiri extremists kill top Shia cleric and 4 others in Egypt Archived June 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine retrieved 5 July 2013
  2. Egypt: Attack On Shia Comes At Dangerous Time
  3. Egypt mob attack kills four Shia Muslims near Cairo retrieved 5 July 2013
  4. Takfiri extremists kill top Shia cleric and 4 others in Egypt Archived June 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine retrieved 5 July 2013

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