CAIRO – An Egyptian court on Tuesday (Sept. 28) sentenced three members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death and nine others to life in prison over the killing of a policeman and a civilian, state-run MENA news agency reported.
The crime dates back to 2014 when the convicted Islamists showered a policeman who worked in securing ports and his uncle, a driver, with fire that resulted in their immediate death.
The Mansoura Criminal Court also sentenced one man to ten years in prison for the same charges and acquitted six others.
The perpetrators formed a terrorist cell to fund and attack anti-security operations, and to plant explosive devices near the police headquarters, the public prosecutor said.
Most Brotherhood leaders, members, and supporters are currently jailed. Many of them received appealable death sentences and life imprisonment over charges varying from inciting violence and murder to espionage and jailbreak. (Xinhua)
