Back اغتيال السادات Arabic حادثة المنصه ARZ Ənvər Sadatın qətli Azerbaijani انور ساداتین قتلی AZB Atentát na Anvara as-Sádáta Czech Δολοφονία του Ανουάρ Σαντάτ Greek ترور انور سادات Persian Assassinat d'Anouar el-Sadate French רצח אנואר סאדאת HE Asasinarea lui Anwar Sadat Romanian
| Assassination of Anwar Sadat | |
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| Part of Terrorism in Egypt | |
 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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On 6 October 1981, Field Marshal 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 Islamists who opposed Sadat's peace initiative with Israel and the United States relating to the Camp David Accords.[2]
- ^ "1981 Year in Review: Anwar Sadat Killed". UPI. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "Sadat as a president of Egypt". News Egypt. 8 October 2009. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.