| Submit your comments on this article |
| Africa North |
| Egyptian court sentences 7 to death in Sinai case |
| 2014-12-07 |
| An Egyptian court has sentenced to death seven men, including prominent militant Adel Habara, over the killing of 25 policemen last year in an attack near the border with Israel, judicial sources said on Saturday. The attack took place in August 2013 following the government's violent clearing of two protest camps in Cairo, where supporters of deposed president Mohammed Mursi had gathered to demand his reinstatement. The court sentenced 25 others on related charges to prison for terms ranging from 15 years to life. Only 19 of those sentenced were present, including Habara, the sources said. The ruling, which can be appealed, followed the referral of the death sentence to the Grand Mufti, Egypt’s highest Sunni authority. |
| Posted by:Steve White |