The recent assassination of Egypt’s top public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, and several sporadic terrorist attacks across the country are unlikely to have long-term damaging effects on Cairo’s project aspirations, according to analysts.

Contractors and analysts tell MEED that while the attacks will cause concerns for investors, the continued targeting of government officials and security personnel means the projects market remains relatively safe.

Most of the assaults have been in northern Sinai, and while it is difficult to attribute the violence to a single group, many attacks have been claimed by Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which has pledged its allegiance to the jihadist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis). There have also been several smaller improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in Cairo, the Nile delta and Upper Egypt.

The Egyptian government has been quick to blame the Muslim Brotherhood for the attack that killed Barakat on 29 June, although no group has yet claimed responsibility and the Brotherhood has condemned the bombing.

Barakat oversaw the prosecution of hundreds of Islamists, including former president Mohamed Mursi, in mass trials that were widely condemned internationally.

His is the highest-profile assassination in recent Egyptian history. However, former interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim was targeted in a similar car bomb attempt in 2013.