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- Also spelled:
- Khaled Islambouli
- Born:
- 1958, near Al-Minyā, Egypt
- Died:
- April 15, 1982, Egypt (aged 24)
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Khālid al-Islāmbūlī
Egyptian assassin
Also known as: Khaled Islambouli
Khālid al-Islāmbūlī (born 1958, near Al-Minyā, Egypt—died April 15, 1982, Egypt) was an Egyptian radical, known as the assassin of Anwar Sadat. Born into a family of rural notables, he attended Egypt’s military academy and was assigned to the artillery corps as a lieutenant. Furious at the arrest of his brother, a leader of the Islamist opposition to Sadat, he joined a radical Islamic group and, along with a group of accomplices, assassinated Sadat during a parade in 1981. He was executed following a public trial.
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