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2022-05-25 Africa North
Court sentences 9 men to death for 2011 vendetta shootings that killed 11 in Minya
“The al-Hatfieldullahs and the al-McCoyallahs have been feuding for two millennia, Effendi. The only thing we can do now is hang all of them and shoot the rest.”
[AlAhram] The Minya Criminal Court sentenced on Tuesday nine men to death for killing 11 others in a 2011 vendetta shooting in the governorate.

The court sentenced the nine men to death by hanging and one other to life in prison for the killings that took place in the city of Maghagha, located in the north of the governorate.

The victims were reportedly killed in retaliation for the killing and mutilation of one of the defendants’ relatives.

The court also sentenced another defendant in the trial to 15 years in prison.

Vendetta shootings and blood feuds between families or tribes are not uncommon in Upper Egypt. To deal with the violence the government has enlisted the help of religious institutions like al-Azhar, which launched an initiative for reconciliation between families.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-05-25 00:25|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 Our 'betters' will never understand that it took hundreds of years to move feuds from the playing field into the court room where the state was to act as an impartial judge to end the cycle of vendetta. Now that our governmental bodies are no longer competent in delivering such justice, it'll revert back to this.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-25 07:20||   2022-05-25 07:20|| Front Page Top

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