Egyptian Criminals

Rank the Most Wicked Egyptian Criminals

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 1 
Hesham Ashmawy
(Convicted Terrorist Who Served as an Officer in the Egyptian Army')
Hesham Ashmawy
1
Birthdate: 1978 AD
Birthplace: Nasr City, Egypt
Died: March 4, 2020

Hesham Ashmawy was a convicted terrorist who formed his own network named al-Mourabitoun. Prior to his activities as a terrorist, Ashmawy served in the Egyptian Army and is believed to have orchestrated numerous terrorist attacks on state institutions. He went on to become one of the most wanted militants and was arrested in 2018. Hesham Ashmawy was executed in 2020. 

 2 
Saif al-Adel
(Al-Qaeda)
Saif al-Adel
8
Birthdate: April 11, 1960
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Menofia Governorate, Egypt
 3 
Ayman al-Zawahiri
22
Birthdate: June 19, 1951
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Maadi, Egypt
Former surgeon Ayman al-Zawahiri was initially Osama bin Laden’s physician and became the leader of al-Qaeda after Laden’s death. He was one of the brains behind the 9/11 terror attacks. He also urged Muslims to kidnap Western tourists in Islamic countries and was behind the U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa.
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 4 
Mohamed Atta
(Hijacker)
Mohamed Atta
56
Birthdate: September 1, 1968
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt
Died: September 11, 2001
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 5 
Khālid al-Islāmbūlī
(Assassin)
Khālid al-Islāmbūlī
0
Birthdate: January 15, 1955
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: al-Minyā, Egypt
Died: April 15, 1982
 6 
Omar Abdel-Rahman
(Blind Egyptian Islamist Militant and Leader of 'Al-Jama’a Al-Islamiyya')
Omar Abdel-Rahman
5
Birthdate: May 3, 1938
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
Died: February 18, 2017

Known as The Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel-Rahman was a blind Islamist militant from Egypt. Though blind since childhood, he studied theology and went on to lead the al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah. He later fled to the US, where he was convicted of plotting several terrorist activities and sentenced to life imprisonment.

 7 
Muhammad Atef
(Terrorist)
Muhammad Atef
4
Birthdate: 1944 AD
Birthplace: Menofia Governorate, Egypt
Died: November 16, 2001
 8 
Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour
(Serial killer)
Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour
3
Birthdate: 1980 AD
Birthplace: Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt
Died: December 16, 2010
 9 
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah
(Egyptian militant)
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah
6
Birthdate: June 6, 1963
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Egypt