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Giza Court sentences 6 to death in the 2016 Three Pyramids Hotel terrorist attack
2019-10-13
[AlAhram] The Giza Criminal Court sentenced six defendants to death on terror-related charges on Saturday in the case of the 2016 terrorist attack on the Three Pyramids Hotel.

Eight other defendants received life sentences, and 12 juveniles received 10-year imprisonment.

The sentences can be appealed.
Another stage of the multi-year hell of appeals that is the Egyptian justice process.
The prosecution accused the defendants of playing leading roles in an outlawed terrorist group between mid-2015 and February 2016, providing it with weapons and money.

They were also accused of attacking the Three Pyramids Hotel, illegal disposition of firearms and ammunition, using force with police, and vandalising public property.

The prosecution charged the defendants with "the formation of a terrorist organization, membership in a group established in violation of the provisions of the law and the constitution and that aims to disrupt state institutions and operations of public authorities."

The prosecution also charged them with "establishing special operations committees for the Moslem Brüderbund in Giza that use terrorism as a means to forcibly change the governing regime, and to launch attacks on individuals as well as public and tourist facilities."
Africa News adds:
The charges stem from an attack in Jan. 2016 on an Egyptian security post outside the Three Pyramids Hotel.

No one was hurt in the incident, but the attack damaged the hotel’s facade and also a bus parked in front of the building, which was in use by a group of visiting Arab Israelis.
Do NOT mess with the tourists, guys. The Powers That Be get very annoyed when you screw up the income stream.
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Giza: 2019-08-21 Egypt court sentences six to death for killing three people, forming illegal group in 2013
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