EGYPT: ‘TERRORIST CELL’ MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH, LIFE BY GIZA CRIMINAL COURT

The Giza Criminal Court sentenced one defendant to death and another to life in prison, for forming a terrorist cell and possessing explosives intended to be used for harming the state.
Mohamed Gamal Badawy was sentenced to death by hanging, while Mahmoud Fathy Al-Sayed was handed a life sentence. Both defendants were given a preliminary death sentence at their last hearing.
The decision by presiding Judge Moataz Khafagi comes after the consultation with the state’s Mufti. As per Egyptian law, the Mufti has to give his religious opinion on death sentences before they can be finalised, though his opinion is not binding.