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Khalid al- Islambuli

 
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Khalid al- Islambuli
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(born 1958, near Al-Minya, Egypt — died April 15, 1982, Egypt) Egyptian radical, assassin of Anwar el-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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