Egyptian court recommends death penalty for 31 over assassination of prosecutor
Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat was killed in a car bomb attack on his convoy in Cairo, an operation for which Egypt blamed the Muslim Brotherhood and Gaza-based Hamas militants.
Jun 17, 2017, 15:16 PM IST
Egyptian court recommends death penalty for 31 in prosecutor assassination case
A Cairo criminal court on Saturday recommended the death penalty for 31 people convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of Egypt`s top prosecutor, the most senior state official killed by militants in recent years.
Jun 17, 2017, 14:45 PM IST
