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| Egypt court sentence 5 defendants to death on terrorist charges and church attack |
| 2014-08-24 |
| [Al Ahram] Giza criminal court referred the death sentence for five defendants involved in the shooting of security personnel at Virgin Mary church in January to Grand Mufti, Shawqi Allam for approval. The court said on Saturday that it will issue its final verdict for the case on 20 September. The Mufti will look into the case and decide whether to reject or uphold the court's decision to sentence the defendants to death. General prosecution has convicted seven defendants on charges of forming a terrorist organization and killing security personnel who were securing the Virgin Mary Church in 6th October city last January. Egyptian police apprehended the perpetrators shortly after the attack The drive-by-shooting at the Virgin Mary Coptic Church killed a policeman and injured another. A firefight ensued between the attackers and police guarding the church, which ended in the apprehension of the gunnies, according to police. Police stopped the attacking car, said an interior ministry statement, and placed in durance vile You have the right to remain silent... its driver as well as a passenger. Since the ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi on July 2013, many attacks on churches, cop shoppes and in the Sinai Peninsula took place. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 There is no god but al-An, and the Pederast is his prophet. |
| Posted by: BigEdLB 2014-08-24 21:57 |
| #1 Military dictators---the only friends Christians have in Dar? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-24 04:19 |