EGYPT: COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 149 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS
A court in Egypt overturned the death sentences given last year to 149 supporters of the Muslim
A court in Egypt overturned the death sentences given last year to 149 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood group and ordered a retrial.
Last February, 183 people were sentenced to death over the killings of 16 policemen in the Egyptian town of Kardasa near Cairo in August 2013. Over 30 pro-Islamists were sentenced to death in absentia in the same hearing, but the court said they would have to surrender for a retrial to take place, AFP reports.
The attack on police stations in Egypt came after a deadly police crackdown on protesters just months after the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. About 700 people had been killed in police firing.
Last February, 183 people were sentenced to death over the killings of 16 policemen in the Egyptian town of Kardasa near Cairo in August 2013. Over 30 pro-Islamists were sentenced to death in absentia in the same hearing, but the court said they would have to surrender for a retrial to take place, AFP reports.
The attack on police stations in Egypt came after a deadly police crackdown on protesters just months after the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. About 700 people had been killed in police firing.
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- (Sources: ibtimes.co.in, 03/02/2016)