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{{Short description|Egyptian Islamist}}
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Islambouli was born in [[Minya Governorate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Khalid-al-Islambuli|title=Khālid al-Islāmbūlī: Egyptian Assassin|website=Britannica|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref> His father was an Egyptian legal advisor and his mother, Khadira Ali Yusuf, was of [[Turkish people|Turkish]] descent; as indicated by his surname which means from Istanbul.<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldschmidt|first=Arthur|year=2000|title=Biographical dictionary of modern Egypt|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|page=[https://archive.org/details/00jrgo/page/90 90]|isbn=1-55587-229-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/00jrgo/page/90}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Assassins' mothers seek sons' grave|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA338021.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815173051/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA338021.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=15 August 2021|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service |access-date=15 August 2021|page=8|date=26 June 1985}}</ref>
After graduating from the [[Egyptian Military Academy]], he was commissioned as an officer in the Artillery Forces of the Egyptian Army with the rank of [[second lieutenant]]. Sometime after this appointment, Islambouli joined the proscribed [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad]] movement. Between 1976 and 1980, he served mostly as a staff officer or as fire direction officer for various artillery batteries, battalions and regiments. In March 1980, he got his first field command, an artillery platoon gun line in the 116th Field Artillery Brigade based in Cairo. His command included three 'active' field howitzers, a reserve field gun, five to six transport trucks, seven jeeps, signaling equipment, light infantry weapons such as assault rifles, medium machine guns, anti-tank rockets, light mortars, and sniper rifles for organic defence, and around 45 soldiers/conscripts, with a [[second lieutenant]] and a [[sergeant]] acting as second-in-command and third-in-command respectively. His role was to take firing missions and orders from the Battery HQ.{{fact|date=August 2022}}
==Assassination of Sadat==
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Islambouli and his platoon originally were not supposed to participate in the October parade, but they were chosen by the Military Intelligence, which was infiltrated by Islamist sympathizers under [[Colonel]] [[Abbud al-Zumar]], to replace a platoon from the 133rd Artillery Battalion which was excused from participation for apparently failing some routine tests and checks.<ref>Riedel, Bruce. "The Search for al-Qaeda", 2008</ref>
Once his platoon containing three heavy trucks towing [[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|M-46 field artillery guns]] began to approach the President's platform, Islambouli, along with Junior Sergeant Abdelhameed Abdul Salaam, 31, Corporal Ata Tayel Hameeda Raheel, 21, and Corporal Hussein Abbas, 21,<ref name="zay">[[Montasser al-Zayat|al-Zayat, Montasser]], "The Road to al-Qaeda", 2002</ref> leapt from their truck and ran towards the stand while lobbing grenades toward where the President was standing with other Egyptian and foreign dignitaries.{{fact|date=August 2022}}
==Execution==
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