13 sentenced to death over Ismailia prison break
Thursday 12/July/2018 - 05:22 PM
Ismailia Criminal Court sentenced on Thursday 13
defendants, including seven in absentia, to death over charges of breaking out
from al-Mustaqbal prison in Ismaila in October of 2016.
The defendants were also charged with killing an
officer, attempting to kill three other policemen and using force to terrify
public servants during the escape.
The death penalty papers were referred to the Mufti
of Egypt as per the Egyptian law to examine them but his opinion remains
unbinding.
