Ras Burqa, (“head of the blessing” in
Arabic
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)
is a small bay on the
Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...
in the district of
Nuwaiba
Nuweiba (also spelled: Nueiba; ar, نويبع, ) is a coastal town in the eastern part of Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, located on the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba.
History
Historically, it is in the Asian Part of Egypt and the area was inhabited by t ...
,
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...
.
In 1985,
Suleiman Khater
Suleiman Mohammed Abdul-Hamid Khater (Arabic سليمان خاطر, also transcribed ''Soleiman'', ''Sulaiman'', ''Sulayman'', ''Suliman'' etc.; 1961-1986) was an Egyptian soldier who committed the Ras Burqa massacre of October 5, 1985, when h ...
, a
lone
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Egyptian
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gunman, perpetrated the
Ras Burqa massacre
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, including four children, were killed by Egyptian soldier Suleiman Khater.
The at ...
, killing eight people.
See also
*
List of cities and towns in Egypt
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* SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...
References
Populated places in South Sinai Governorate
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