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==Early years and career==
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,
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}}
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