Assassination of Anwar Sadat

Assassination of Anwar Sadat
Part of Terrorism in Egypt
Platform where Anwar Sadat was assassinated
Location	Cairo, Egypt
Coordinates	30°3′51.23″N 31°18′53.27″E / 30.0642306°N 31.3147972°E / 30.0642306; 31.3147972
Date	6 October 1981; 42 years ago (1981-10-06)
Target	Anwar Sadat
Deaths	11 (including Sadat)
Perpetrators	Khalid al-Islambuli and Muhammad Abd al-Salam Faraj
Defenders	Sadat bodyguards and soldiers
Motive	Opposition to Sadat's government and its recognition of Israel

This article is part of a series about Anwar Sadat
Early life and revolutionary activities Assassination Presidency Corrective Revolution (Egypt) Infitah 1977 Egyptian bread riots Family Jehan Sadat (wife) Atef Sadat (brother) Talaat Sadat (nephew) Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat (nephew) Portrayals The Days of Sadat Sadat (miniseries) Legacy Sadat Museum
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On 6 October 1981, Anwar Sadat, the 3rd President of Egypt, was assassinated during the annual victory parade held in Cairo to celebrate Operation Badr, during which the Egyptian Army had crossed the Suez Canal and taken back the Sinai Peninsula from Israel at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War.^[1] The assassination was undertaken by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Although the motive has been debated, Sadat's assassination likely stemmed from Arab nationalists who opposed Sadat's peace initiative with Israel and the United States relating to the Camp David Accords.^[2]