Defendant in Zeitoun terrorist cell sentenced to 10 years imprisonment
The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday sentenced a
defendant to ten-year rigorous imprisonment in his re-trial along others in the
case widely known in the media as the Zeitoun terrorist cell case.
The defendants are accused of adopting an armed
jihadist ideology and committing an armed robbery at a jeweler's shop in
Cairo's district of Zeitoun, killing its owner and injuring three others.
State security prosecution had accused the
defendants of forming a terrorist group called "Regiment of Loyalty and
Disavowal" (Sareyet Al-Walaa wa Al-Bara') that called for revolting
against the ruler and changing the ruling regime by force.
They had been charged with monitoring Egypt's oil
pipelines and ship movements in the Suez Canal in order to plan attacks on
them.
The defendants, according to the prosecution, sought
to disable the constitution and state institutions and assault police personnel
and tourists.
