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| Egypt's Court of Cassation upholds life sentences for defendants who bombed transmission towers in 2014 | |
| 2021-06-11 | |
| [AlAhram] In 2019, 34 defendants were sentenced for life for targeting transmission towers following the dispersal of the Islamist sits-ins in Rabaa and Nahda squares Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld on Thursday the life sentences against several defendants convicted of bombing transmission towers in several governorates in 2014.
In April 2019, a Cairo Criminal Court handed 34 defendants life imprisonment sentences for bombing transmission towers in the year that followed the dispersal of the Islamist Rabaa and Nahda sit-ins after the 2013 ousting of late Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. It also sentenced 11 others to 10 years in prison. According to Egyptian law, life sentences are 25 years in prison. The High State Security Prosecution charged the defendants of leading and joining an outlawed, terrorist group with other members in Giza, Gharbiya, Menoufiya, Alexandria, and Kafr El-Sheikh, bombing transmission towers, and receiving training to manufacture and use explosive substances to disrupt public order. They were also charged with the possession of documents containing detailed information on the national electricity grid, weaponry, and ammunition. Related: Nahda square: 2019-09-18 Egypt jails 11 for life for 2013 Minya police station attack Nahda square: 2018-04-29 Egypt's Court of Cassation upholds death sentence for 6 people in 2013 Minya police station storming case Nahda square: 2014-08-16 Three Killed in Cairo as Morsi Backers Clash with Opponents Related: Court of Cassation: 2021-06-08 French Court Investigates Lafarge's Links to Terrorism in Syria Court of Cassation: 2021-05-20 Lebanese-Canadian Academic Loses Last Appeal against French Bombing Trial Court of Cassation: 2021-04-27 Nine people executed in Egypt over Kerdasa police killings in 2013 | |
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