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Egypt's Minya court sentences policeman to death for killing two Copts outside church
 [AlAhram] A Minya criminal court sentenced a policeman to death on Tuesday for killing two Christians while he was guarding a church in December last year.Rabie Mostafa Khalifa, a police sergeant, was assigned to guard a Coptic church in Minya; he killed Emad Kamal and his son David in front of the church. According to investigations, Khalifa had argued a day prior to the incident with the two men, who were working on a construction site in front of the church. The murders stirred anger among Christians in the area. The criminal court issued a preliminary death sentence in February and asked Dar El-Ifta for its opinion on the sentence, in accordance with Egyptian law on capital cases. Dar El-Ifta upheld the court's sentence. The verdict may still be appealed within 60 days. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-03 |
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