{"id":12787,"date":"2014-02-27T03:01:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T03:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/egypt-court-sentences-26-to-death\/"},"modified":"2014-02-27T03:03:40","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T03:03:40","slug":"egypt-court-sentences-26-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/egypt-court-sentences-26-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt Court Sentences 26 to Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{An Egyptian court has sentenced 26 people to death for founding a “terror group” with the aim of attacking ships using the Suez Canal.}}<\/p>\n

Judges said the men were also accused of manufacturing missiles and explosives, local media report.<\/p>\n

The defendants were tried in absentia, Reuters news agency says.<\/p>\n

The sentencing comes a day after the new Prime Minister designate, Ibrahim Mahlab, vowed he would “crush terrorism in all the corners of the country”.<\/p>\n

Mr Mahlab has been put in charge of forming a new government following Monday’s surprise resignation of interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi and his cabinet.<\/p>\n

Mr Beblawi was appointed in July 2013 after the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsi in the wake of mass protests.<\/p>\n

Since then, more than 1,000 people have been killed and thousands of others detained in a crackdown by the security forces on the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement to which Mr Morsi belongs.<\/p>\n

Militants based in the Sinai peninsula have meanwhile stepped up attacks on government, police and the armed forces, killing hundreds.<\/p>\n

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{{‘Harmed unity’}}<\/p>\n

In Wednesday’s verdict, the court said the accused had harmed “national unity”, inciting violence against the army, police, and Christians.<\/p>\n

The case will now be referred to the mufti, Egypt’s top Islamic official, who has to validate the sentence.<\/p>\n

The final verdict is expected on 19 March.<\/p>\n

No further details were available about the group on trial, AFP reported.<\/p>\n

In a separate development, Mr Mahlab has begun reappointing several ministers in his new government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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