Egypt court hands out 6 death sentences on terror charges
Saturday 12/October/2019 - 02:59 PM
An Egyptian court has sentenced six people to death
on terror-related charges for carrying out a militant attack outside a hotel
near the famed Giza Pyramids.
The Giza criminal court on Saturday also sentenced
eight defendants to life in prison on similar charges that include attacking
security forces, and possession of weapons and explosives.
Another 12 defendants received 10 years in prison.
The verdict can be appealed.
The charges stem from an attack in Jan. 2016 on an
Egyptian security post outside the Three Pyramids Hotel.
No one was hurt in the incident, but the attack
damaged the hotel’s facade and also a bus parked in front of the building,
which was in use by a group of visiting Arab Israelis.
