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Egypt: 69 Persons Get Life Terms for Torching Church
[ALMANAR.LB] An Egyptian court Wednesday tossed in the calabooseDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! 69 persons for life for torching a church near Cairo in August 2013, as anger flared over a crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohammad Mursi. The Coptic church was set on fire and a cop shoppe was attacked when violence erupted  in the town of Kerdasa on August 14 that year, after hundreds of Mursi supporters died in a crackdown on two protest camps in the capital the same day.The court also sentenced two minors to 10 years in jail in the same case. A life term in Egypt amounts to 25 years in jail. The defendants were found guilty of "setting the church on fire, attempting to murder civilians and possessing illegal weapons," a judicial official said. Posted by: Fred 2015-04-30 |
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