Today marks the anniversary of the Mansheya incident, in which the late Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser was the target of a terrorist Brotherhood assassination attempt on October 26, 1954, while giving a speech at Alexandria’s Mansheya Square.
In the lines that follow, we provide some details regarding the attempted assassination. Famous:
The incident occurred in the Mansheya Square in Alexandria, where the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser stood on the high platform, he was not more than three minutes ago, and he was talking about the struggle of the past, here eight bullets were addressed.
Gamal Abdel Nasser, despite this, continued to engage in combat and yelled to the crowd, some of which could be heard over the sound of gunfire, “Let him stay in his place, men, so let everyone stay in his place, O free people, so let everyone stay in his place.” For you, Fida Egypt dolls, I am a means of atonement.
Gamal Abdel Nasser was offered a cup of water when people requested him to stop and relax, but he refused to drink it and kept speaking as the crowd yelled, “God is with you, Jamal. For the sake of your honour, independence, and dignity.
Al-Mirghani Hamza, a Sudanese minister, was injured while seated to the left of the president when flying glass fragments from an electrical bulb struck him. Ahmed Badr, the Alexandria editorial board’s secretary, also sustained injuries.
Mahmoud Abdel-Latif Mohamed, 35, the defendant in this case, is a terrorist Brotherhood member who works as a plumber in Imbaba, Cairo. He was shot 20 metres from the platform, and the military’s “Hassan Al-Halwati” assaulted him from the eastern Babolis while the defendant was four metres away.
Attempt to assassinate Gamal Abdel Nasser 1954 .. The terrorist Brotherhood’s atrocity is finished.
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