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Egypt court sentences seven Morsi supporters to death
[Iran Press TV] A military court in Egypt sentenced seven supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi to death on Monday over their alleged role in a deadly bombing last year.The court in the second city of Alexandria handed down the execution sentences to seven of the Moslem Brüderbund members on charges of involvement in last year's bombing in the northern province of Kafr el-Sheikh. Three of the defendants were sentenced to death in absentia. More than a dozen people, mostly from the now-banned Brotherhood, face charges of involvement in the deadly bombing near a military college in the volatile province. The court has sent the papers of the defendants to the grand mufti of Egypt, and now awaits his non-binding opinion. The final verdict is to be issued in early March. In mid-April last year, at least three Egyptian army cadets were killed and six others injured when a bomb went off in the Nile Delta province of Kafr el-Sheikh. No individual or group grabbed credit for the attack. Over the past years, the murderous Moslem group, known as Velayat Sinai, has been carrying out terror activities across Egypt, taking advantage of the turmoil caused in the country after the first democratically-elected president, Morsi, was ousted by the military in July 2013. Posted by: Fred 2016-02-02 |
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