Islamic extremists assassinate Anwar Sadat, the

president of Egypt, as he reviews troops on the

anniversary of the Yom Kippur War.
Led by Khaled el Islambouli, a lieutenant in the Egyptian army
with connections to the terrorist group Takfir Wal-Hajira, the
terrorists, all wearing army uniforms, stopped in front of the
reviewing stand and fired shots and threw grenades into a
crowd of Egyptian government officials. Sadat, who was shot
four times, died two hours later. Ten other people also died in
the attack.
On 6 October 1981, the month after the crackdown, Sadat was
assassinated during the annual victory parade held in Cairo to
celebrate Egypt's crossing of the Suez Canal. A fatwā approving
the assassination had been obtained from Omar Abdel-
Rahman, a cleric later convicted in the US for his role in the
1993 World Trade Center bombing. Sadat was protected by four
layers of security, and the army parade should have been safe
due to ammunition-seizure rules.
As air force Mirage jets flew overhead, distracting the crowd, a
troop truck halted before the presidential reviewing stand, and
the lead assassin, lieutenant Khalid Islambouli strode forward.
Sadat stood to receive his salute, whereupon, Islambouli lobbed
three grenades at Sadat, only one of which exploded, and
additional assassins rose from the truck, firing assault rifle
rounds into the stands hitting Sadat. After Sadat fell to the
ground, people threw chairs around him to protect him from
the hail of bullets.
The attack lasted about two minutes. Eleven others were killed,
including the Cuban ambassador, an Omani general and a
Coptic Orthodox bishop, and 28 were wounded, including
James Tully, the Irish Minister for Defence, and four US
military liaison officers. Security Forces were momentarily
stunned but reacted within seconds. Two of the attackers were
killed and the others were arrested by military police on-site.
Sadat was rushed to a hospital, where eleven doctors operated
on him, but was pronounced dead within hours. Islambouli was
later tried, found guilty, sentenced to death, and executed in
April 1982.