Suleiman Mohammed Abdul-Hamid Khater (Arabic سليمان خاطر, also transcribed Soleiman, Sulaiman, Sulayman, Suliman, etc.

[2] On October 5, 1985, Khater, a policeman, shot and killed seven Israeli tourists, including four children and two women, approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the Egyptian-Israeli border.

Its newspaper, "Al-Wafd", published a fake story, claiming that the dead tourists were Israeli soldiers who had crossed the Egyptian border and attacked Khater's post.

The opposition press ran various articles attempting to justify his actions, including that the Israeli tourists were spies caught photographing secret military installations, that they spat on and tore up an Egyptian flag, that half-naked Israeli women offended the religiously observant Khater, or that the tourists attacked him.

[6] Afterwards, the pro-government press published the real story behind the massacre for the first time, revealing that most of the victims were in fact women and children.

[8] In the investigation record, Khater tells his story that on October 5, 1985: I was on a cliff high from the ground, serving during my shift, and I saw a group of foreigners; women, children and apparently a man wearing swimsuits.

It isn’t the case that I let pass any girl who strips in front of me.After several wars between Egypt and Israel, and a high death toll, Khater was considered a national hero by the public in Egypt, who believed the Al-Wafd paper story about the 12 Israeli soldiers who attacked Khater and were killed.

With a limited access to international media at the pre-Internet era, and under the Mubarak dictatorship, Egyptians continue to believe the conspiracy theory about the suicide of Khater.

In response, Egypt's military prosecution decided to arrest and investigate the playwright and director of the play as well as other officials who gave permission for the theatrical show.