Luxor massacre

Luxor massacre
Part of terrorism in Egypt
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, where the attack took place
45km 30miles Deir el-Bahari
Location	Dayr al-Bahri, Egypt
Date	17 November 1997; 26 years ago (1997-11-17) 8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. (UTC+02:00)
Target	Tourists
Attack type	Mass shooting
Weapons	Automatic firearms, knives, machetes
Deaths	62 (58 tourists, 4 Egyptians)
Perpetrator	Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya
Assailants	6 militants (later committed suicide)
Motive	Islamist terrorism

The Luxor massacre was a terrorist attack that occurred on 17 November 1997 in Egypt. It was perpetrated by al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya and resulted in the deaths of 62 people, most of whom were tourists. It took place at Dayr al-Bahri, an archaeological site located across the Nile from the city of Luxor.