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Egypt sentences 3 to death over 2018 attack on Alexandria's security director

2020-01-29

[AlAhram] The court convicted the defendants of the attempted murder of Alexandria's security director and the murder of two lower ranking coppers.

A Cairo criminal court handed preliminary death sentence

...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
s on Monday to three defendants over the failed liquidation of Alexandria's security director in March 2018 ahead of Egypt's presidential elections.

The court referred the preliminary sentences to the Grand Mufti, which is a necessary, albeit non-binding, procedure before issuing a death sentence, as per the Egyptian penal code.

The court convicted the defendants, 11 in total, of charges including the attempted murder of Alexandria's security director Mostafa El-Nemr and members of his convoy and others in the Mediterranean city, and the murder of two lower ranking coppers in the attack.

The court is set to issue its final ruling on 21 March.

In March 2018, an improvised bomb placed under a car detonated as El-Nemr’s convoy was passing in El-Moaskar El-Romany Street. El-Nemr was unharmed in the attack; however, the blast killed the two coppers and injured several others.

The attack came days before Egypt held its 2018 presidential elections, which saw Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi win in a landslide victory.

Days later, the Egyptian police said they killed six Hasm

...Decisiveness or Determination, which along with Lewaa al-Thawra (The Revolution Brigade) are the “fighting arms” of the Muslim Brotherhood established in 2016 to punish Egypt for the overthrow of President Morsi. It is hypothesized that Hasm is also connected to the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Mourabitoun organization, founded in Libya by discharged Egyptian army officer Hesham El-Ashmawy...

terrorist group members believed to be behind the failed liquidation attempt on Alexandria's security chief.

The report of that excitement can be seen here.

The liquidation attempt was the first against a security official since late 2016, which witnessed a number of attacks that included a failed liquidation attempt on a senior judicial official in September 2016, and the October 2016 liquidation of an army brigadier general who had previously served in North Sinai, where the army’s war against terrorism is concentrated.

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