Ras Burqa massacre

Ras Burqa massacre
Attack site
Location	Ras Burqa, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Coordinates	29°12′28″N 34°44′06″E / 29.20778°N 34.73500°E / 29.20778; 34.73500
Date	5 October 1985
Target	Israeli tourists
Attack type	Mass murder
Weapons	Machine gun
Deaths	7 Israeli civilians (including 4 children) 1 Egyptian policeman[1]
Injured	4 Israeli civilians
Perpetrator	Lone Egyptian soldier (Suleiman Khater)

The Ras Burqa massacre was a mass shooting on 5 October 1985 on Israeli vacationers in Ras Burqa, a beach resort area in the Sinai peninsula, in which seven people, including four children, were killed by Egyptian soldier Suleiman Khater.