On this day, 35 years ago, on October 12, 1990 (August 24, 1990 in the lunar calendar), Mahqoub, Speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly, was assassinated. On October 12, 1990, Mahqoub, Speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly, was assassinated near the Sami Ramis Hotel in central Cairo at 10:30 a.m. The car in which Mahagub and his bodyguard were riding was intercepted by four terrorists on motorcycles, who fired at the car at close range. Mahqoub was shot three times in the head and was killed on the spot. Three bodyguards were also shot and killed. The assassin immediately fled. The background of this serious assassination is still unknown, and Egyptian security agencies are urgently investigating and hunting down the perpetrators. The Egyptian government recently announced the arrest of some foreign saboteurs, including some who planned to assassinate Egyptian leaders. Mahqoub was 64 years old at the time and served as Speaker for two consecutive terms since 1984.