[AlAhram] Egypt's Prisons Authority executed on Monday nine prisoners convicted of assassinating Egyptian prosecutor-general Hisham Barakat in 2015.Egypt's court of cassation upheld the death sentence for the prisoners in November 2018, rejecting an appeal against the sentence.
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the court did commute the sentence of six other prisoners from death to life in prison. It also sentenced 15 defendants to life in prison, eight defendants to 15 years, and 10 others to 10 years.
The defendants in the case were charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, the possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition, and the possession of explosives devices.
In June 2015, Barakat was killed in a Cairo kaboom that struck his convoy in the upscale eastern Cairo district of Heliopolis.
A holy warrior group calling itself the "Popular Resistance" grabbed credit for the bombing. A court in February 2017 designated the group a terrorist organization.
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Death sentences were also handed down in July 2017 to 13 defendants tried in absentia. They will be eligible for a new trial if they surrender or are captured.
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deported one of the 13 last month. Mohammed Abdel-Hafiz is likely to face a new trial over the same accusations.
| The Brotherhood denied they dunnit, ISIS in the Sinai/Ansar Bayt al Maqdis claimed they did, but the government has been consistent about who they blame — Popular Resistence appeared full blown, like Athena born from the brow of Zeus, in 2014, claiming Mr. Barakat as their first coup. |