| Meet al-Attar shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Meet al-Attar, near Banha, Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt |
| Date | 21 August 2013 6:30 |
Attack type | Mass murder, shooting |
| Weapons | AKMS assault rifle |
| Deaths | 16 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | Unknown |
| Perpetrator | Omar Abdul Razeq Abdullah Rifai |
The Meet al-Attar shooting was a mass shooting that occurred in Meet al-Attar (Arabic: ميت العطار) a village near Banha, Egypt on 21 August 2013, when Omar Abdul Razeq Abdullah Rifai (Arabic: عمر عبد الرازق عبد الله الرفاعي), a 28-year-old unemployed poultry dealer and ex-convict who was recently released from his sentence after his involvement in the death of 23 people in 2008 over a family feud, fatally shot 15 people and possibly wounded several others, using an AKMS assault rifle, before being shot dead by villagers himself. In total, he killed 38 people within the span of 5 years.[1][2][3][4]
Omar Abdul Razeq Abdullah Rifai (1985 – 21 August 2013) was a resident of Meet al-Attar and an ex-convict. In 2008, was found guilty of involvement in a local vendetta in which 23 people were killed. He was recently released from prison after serving his term. His motive for the attack seems to be because they failed to support his family in a vendetta.