Hasm Movement Explained

Hasm Movement should not be confused with Hazzm Movement.

Hasm Movement
Native Name:حسم
Native Name Lang:ar
War:Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)
Active:2016 – present
Ideology:Islamism
Egyptian nationalism
Area:Egypt
Opponents: Egypt
Battles:Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)

The Arms of Egypt Movement (Arabic: حركة سواعد مِصر Ḥarakat Sāwa'd Miṣr), commonly known as the Hasm Movement (Arabic: حسم), is an Islamist militant group operating in Egypt.[1]

The group despite having little uptime, has shown to have a very advanced organization and deployment which has led the security forces to link them with the Muslim Brotherhood.[2]

History

Armed campaign

2016

On 16 July 2016 militants opened fire on a police vehicle in Tamiyyah, Faiyum, killing one officer and two were wounded in the attack.[3] [4] On 5 August, the Hasm Movement claimed responsibility for an assassination attempt on the former Grand Mufti of Egypt Ali Gomaa.[5]

On September 4 conscripst of the Central Security Forces were wounded after tried to defuse an improvised device in the city of Damietta. The Hasm Movement claimed this attack.[6] [7] Four days later, militants shot dead a police officer, in Sixth of October city, Giza.[8] [9] Weeks later (29 September), the Hasm movement attempted to kill Zakaria Abdel Aziz, a senior assistant to Egypt's top prosecutor, as he was returning home from his office in eastern Cairo. The bomb failed to kill or hurt Aziz and his entourage, though one passerby was injured and taken to hospital.[10] [11]

Days later, militants attacked a police officer near his house in Mahmoudiyah, Beheira, killing the officer.[12] On 4 November 2016, the Hasm movement claimed responsibility for an assassination attempt on local judge Ahmed Aboul Fotouh in Nasr City. Judge Fotouh was one of three judges who sentenced former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to twenty years in prison in 2015.[13] [14]

On 9 December 2016, the Hasm Movement claimed responsibility for an attack on a checkpoint on a main road near the Giza pyramid complex on the outskirts of Cairo, which killed six police officers.[15] [16]

2017

Militants opened fire an Egyptian National Police (ENP) vehicle in Ibsheway, Faiyum, leaving one officer killed and other wounded.[17] [18]

On March 27, 2017, assailants shot and killed a police officer in the village of Basarta, Damietta. Weeks later, security officers shot death the possible attacker responsible for the murder, in the operation, two officers were wounded.[19] [20] During the next monts the movement continued with his armed activity [21]

On May 1, militants attacked a convoy of ENP agents killing three officers and wounded other five, this attack were in Nasr City, Cairo.[22] [23] On January 18, an explosive device blasts and opened fire on a police vehicle in Maadi neighborhood, Cairo. The attack left and the group stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the Egyptian government transferring ownership of two islands to Saudi Arabia.[24] [25]

2019

The group was accused of being behind the 2019 Cairo explosion, which resulted in 20 deaths and 47 injured,[26] but the group had denied the allegations.[27]

On 11 April 2019, Egyptian government forces reportedly killed 6 members of the group in an armed confrontation, after discovering a plot to plant bombs in Giza, members of the group began shooting at police as they approached them for questioning resulting in a fire fight, after the fight several firearms and bomb making materials were discovered.[28]

Arrests

Security forces arrested three people who were detained for possible involvement in the attack that occurred in December, that killed six officers.[29] [30]

Designation as a terrorist group

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Egypt: Hasm militants kill dozens of police after botched raid . 21 October 2017 . . 1 May 2019 . 1 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190501042430/https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-hasm-militants-kill-dozens-of-police-after-botched-raid/a-41059029 . live .
  2. Web site: What Is the Hasm Movement?. Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. 2023-02-22. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222230817/https://institute.global/policy/what-hasm-movement. live.
  3. Web site: Egypt Media Roundup. Jaddaliyya. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20230221202928/https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/33469. live.
  4. Web site: Anonymous gunmen kill police officer in Fayoum. Daily News Egypt. 17 July 2016. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20230221204429/https://dailynewsegypt.com/2016/07/17/anonymous-gunmen-kill-police-officer-fayoum/. live.
  5. News: Who's behind assassination attempt on former Egyptian mufti? . 16 August 2016 . 9 December 2016 . Amr . Mostafa . . 21 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170821044137/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/08/egypt-assassination-attempt-mufti-ali-gomaa-gulen-turkey.html . live .
  6. Web site: Four policemen injured while defusing bomb in Damietta. Egypt Independent. 4 September 2016. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20230221202926/https://www.egyptindependent.com/four-policemen-injured-while-defusing-bomb-damietta/. live.
  7. Web site: 3 police officers injured while dismantling bomb in Damietta. Daily News Egypt. 4 September 2016. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20230221202932/https://dailynewsegypt.com/2016/09/04/543702/. live.
  8. Web site: Masked gunmen assassinate police officer in 6th October. Egypt Independent. 9 September 2016. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222025106/https://egyptindependent.com/masked-gunmen-assassinate-police-officer-6th-october/. live.
  9. Web site: What Egypt's Assassination Attempts Say about its Islamist Insurgency. Atlantic Council. 3 October 2016. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222025104/https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/what-egypt-s-assassination-attempts-say-about-its-islamist-insurgency/. live.
  10. News: Recently-emerged militant group claims attack on Egyptian prosecutor . 30 September 2016 . 18 December 2019 . . . 25 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180825180331/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2016/09/30/Car-bomb-explodes-near-Egypt-prosecutor.html . live .
  11. News: Senior Egyptian prosecutor survives car bomb assassination attempt. Reuters. 29 September 2016. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222042732/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-blast-idUSKCN11Z2PQ. live.
  12. News: Militant group claims assassination of Egyptian policeman. Reuters. 8 October 2016. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222042732/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-violence-idUSKCN1280L4. live.
  13. News: Egyptian judge who tried Mursi survives assassination attempt . . The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles . 9 December 2016 . 4 November 2016 . Mohamed . el Sherif . Ahmed . Aboulenein . Kevin . Liffey . 13 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190413185453/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-egypt-violence-idUKKBN12Z1KV . live .
  14. Web site: Judge survives car bomb in Cairo. Deutsche Welle. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222042727/https://www.dw.com/en/controversial-judge-survives-assassination-attempt-in-cairo/a-36268814. live.
  15. News: Bombing kills six near pyramids in Cairo . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/cairo-bombing-giza-pyramids-explosion-hasm-movement-claim-police-killed-isis-attacks-egypt-a7465386.html . 2022-05-09 . subscription . live . 9 December 2016 . 9 December 2016 . Lizzie . Dearden . Independent.
  16. Web site: Bomb in Egypt capital kills six. RFI. 9 December 2016. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222043505/https://www.rfi.fr/en/contenu/20161209-bomb-egypt-capital-kills-six. live.
  17. Web site: Motorcycle gunmen kill Egypt policeman: security sources. The Peninsula Qatar. 4 January 2017. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222044359/https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/04/01/2017/Motorcycle-gunmen-kill-Egypt-policeman-security-sources. live.
  18. Web site: GTD ID:201701030038. Global Terrorism Database. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222044400/https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=201701030038. live.
  19. Web site: Police kill believed militant in Damietta town where residents accuse police of illegal searches. Madamasr. 2023-02-21. 2020-05-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20200521053811/https://madamasr.com/en/2017/04/08/news/u/police-kill-believed-militant-in-damietta-town-where-residents-accuse-police-of-illegal-searches/. live.
  20. Web site: Egyptian security agencies abort series of terrorists attacks. Egypt Today. 18 April 2017. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222045312/https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/4062/Egyptian-security-agencies-abort-series-of-terrorist-attacks. live.
  21. Web site: GTD ID:201704010006. Global Terrorism Database. 2023-02-22. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222212535/https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=201704010006. live.
  22. Web site: Gunmen kill Cairo police in brazen drive-by. Deutsche Welle. 2023-02-22. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222224152/https://www.dw.com/en/gunmen-kill-police-officers-in-brazen-cairo-attack/a-38659815. live.
  23. Web site: Drive-by attack kills 3 police personnel in Eastern Cairo. Daily News Egypt. 2 May 2017. 2023-02-22. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222224158/https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/05/02/drive-attack-kills-3-police-personnel-eastern-cairo/. live.
  24. Web site: Egyptian police officer killed by roadside bomb in Cairo. Emirates News Agency. 18 June 2017. 2023-02-22. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222224154/http://wam.ae/en/details/1395302619584. live.
  25. Web site: Hasm claims responsibility for Sunday Cairo attack. Daily News Egypt. 19 June 2017. 2023-02-22. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222224156/https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/06/19/hasm-claims-responsibility-sunday-cairo-attack/. live.
  26. News: Car involved in Cairo blast contained explosives: interior ministry . 5 August 2019 . 18 December 2019 . . Nadine . Awadalla . Nafisa . Eltahir . Angus . MacSwan . The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles . 6 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190806103107/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security-blast-ministry/car-involved-in-cairo-blast-contained-explosives-interior-ministry-idUSKCN1UV1K6 . live .
  27. News: Explosives-packed car kills 20, injures dozens in Cairo collision . Sudarsan . Raghavan . 5 August 2019 . 18 December 2019 . . Heba Farouk . Mahfouz . 1 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201201141753/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/explosives-packed-car-kills-20-injures-dozens-in-cairo-collision/2019/08/05/1cf14256-b798-11e9-8e83-4e6687e99814_story.html . live .
  28. News: Security forces kill 6 terrorist affiliated with Hasm . 12 April 2019 . 18 December 2019 . . 13 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190613021335/http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/68220/Security-forces-kill-6-terrorist-affiliated-with-Hasm . live .
  29. Web site: Egypt arrests suspected Cairo checkpoint attackers. Middle East Eye. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222044402/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-arrests-suspected-cairo-checkpoint-attackers. live.
  30. Web site: Egypt arrests suspected Cairo checkpoint attackers. Yahoo. 2023-02-21. 2023-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222044358/https://news.yahoo.com/egypt-arrests-suspected-cairo-checkpoint-attackers-221137176.html. live.
  31. News: UK designates 'Hasm', 'Liwaa el-Thawra' militant groups in Egypt as 'terrorist' . 22 December 2017 . 18 December 2019 . . AP . Associated Press . . 25 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180825180338/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/12/23/UK-designates-Hasm-Liwaa-el-Thawra-militant-group-in-Egypt-as-terrorist-.html . live .
  32. News: State Department Terrorist Designations of Ismail Haniyeh, Harakat al-Sabireen, Liwa al-Thawra, and Harakat Sawa'd Misr (HASM) . 31 January 2018 . 18 December 2019 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20181104013222/https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/01/277792.htm . 4 November 2018.
  33. Web site: US Embassy warns of possible Egypt attack by Hassm militants. Madamasr. 2023-02-22. 2021-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20210303171447/https://www.madamasr.com/en/2017/05/24/news/u/us-embassy-warns-of-possible-egypt-attack-by-hassm-militants/. live.

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