Egyptian Nightclub bombing not an act of terrorism

Egyptian Nightclub bombing not an act of terrorism

News of the Egyptian Nightclub that got bombed with a Molotov cocktail this past Friday, 4^th Dec could easily have been assumed to be politically motivated considering the amount of strife we’re currently facing globally and Egypt’s own recent unrest.

The Egyptian nightclub that was targeted is the El Sayad restaurant and club in Cairo’s Agouza district but terrorism was quickly ruled out.

In fact the motive for the bombing of the Egyptian Nightclub reads a bit like a B-movie plot. According to Interior Ministry spokesman Abu Bakr Abdel-Karim two of the attackers were refused entry to the establishment so they went off and drank somewhere else only to return with four accomplices on three motorcylces at 6 AM. They threw a Molotov cocktail into the entrance of the Egyptian Nightclub which caused a fire and 16 people died from smoke inhalation and the ensuing suffocation. In fact it was so bad that no one who was in the club survived – 11 staff and 5 guests all perished.

The Egyptian Nightclub was in the basement and there was but only entrance/exit and the bomb was thrown at the entrance blocking off any way for people to escape.

Although serving alcohol is legal in Egypt most restaurants and clubs do not have liquor licences. El Sayad gets around the strict Muslim drinking laws by serving food during the day and therefore being able to serve alcohol and becomes more of a bar/club at night.

Two suspects have subsequently been arrested for the bombing of the Egyptian nightclub and four more are being sought as accomplices. This sounds horribly like drunken rage gone wrong.

The scariest part of this story is that it is not uncommon for a nightclub to have only one proper entrance and exit and basement venues with narrow corridors in and out are not uncommon.

If anything this bombing of the Egyptian Nightclub highlights how easy it is to get trapped should a fire break out.

Watch this terrifying piece of footage of the Egyptian nightclub…

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