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| Egypt sentences three to death for attacks on police |
| 2018-10-15 |
| [Al Jazeera] A court in Egypt has sentenced three people to death for their involvement in the killing of coppers and belonging to an gang. The defendants were found guilty by a Cairo criminal court on Sunday of being involved in the killing of 10 coppers, including an officer, between August 2013 and May 2014. The charges also included establishing and running an gang known as Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... Both the defence and prosecution have the right to appeal. Four others were sentenced to life imprisonment - a 25-year term in Egypt - and seven defendants to 15 years in prison. Nine of the 23 defendants were acquitted. Egyptian courts have issued or confirmed a large number of death sentences in recent weeks. On Thursday, a military court sentenced 17 people to death for attacks against churches in 2016 and 2017 that killed a total of 74 people. On Monday, four fighters belonging to ISIS (Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... in Iraq and the Levant), also referred to as ISIS, were sentenced to death, while on September 8 a court upheld death sentences for 75 people, including leaders of the outlawed Moslem Brüderbund movement. |
| Posted by:Fred |