Assassination of Anwar Sadat
| Assassination of Anwar Sadat | |
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Platform where Anwar as-Sadat was assassinated | |
| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
| Coordinates | 30°3′51.23″N 31°18′53.27″E / 30.0642306°N 31.3147972°E |
| Date | 6 October 1981 |
| Target | Anwar as-Sadat |
| Deaths | 11 (including Anwar as-Sadat) |
| Perpetrators | Egyptian Islamic Jihad |
| Assailants | 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 |
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3rd President of Egypt |
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On 6 October 1981, Anwar Sadat, the President of Egypt, was assassinated during the annual victory parade held in Cairo to celebrate the victory over Israel in the 1973 war, during which the Egyptian Army had crossed the Suez Canal at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War. The assassination was undertaken by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Although the motive has been debated, Sadat's assassination likely stemmed from Islamists who opposed Sadat's peace initiative with Israel and the United States relating to the Camp David Accords.