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Egypt military court sentences 8 Daesh members to death over 2016 deadly attacks on army checkpoints
2018-11-08
Probably this is an interim step in a very long process of several appeals and retrials directed by higher courts, before the Elders of Islam at Al Ahzar university finally provide religious sanction for the final decision. All of this will take years.
[AlAhram] An Egyptian military court in Ismailia has sentenced to death in absentia eight members of the terrorist group ISIS for involvement in 2016 attacks on military personnel and checkpoints, personnel and equipment, which killed 14 military personnel.

The court also sentenced 32 defendants to life, two others to 15 years in prison and acquitted two in the same case.

The defendants were charged with attacking military personnel and checkpoints, murder of 14 military personnel, and the attempted murder of 16 military personnel.

The court said that those convicted have used firearms, explosives and projectiles to carry out their attacks.

In February 2018, the Egyptian army launched Operation Sinai 2018, involving land, naval and air forces, as well as the police and border guards, targeting "terrorist and criminal elements and organizations" in northern and central Sinai, as well as parts of the Nile Delta and the Western Desert.
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