Death sentences in Kerdasa case upheld
Giza’s Criminal Court upheld death sentences for 12 people accused of killing a senior police official, the state-owned Ahram Gate reported today.
Last September, police General Nabil Farrag, the deputy head of security in Giza, was killed during a security operation in the Muslim Brotherhood stronghold of Kerdasa, near Cairo.
The 12 had been handed preliminary death sentences in June on charges of forming an illegal militant group, killing Farrag, and attacking police and military forces, Christians and local churches.
The sentence was then given to the Grand Mufti, so he could give his non-legally binding opinion.
Ten more people were sentenced to life in prison and one defendant was acquitted in the case that involves 23 defendants.
Last September, security forces fought gun battles in Kerdasa, as they searched for the killers of 11 police officers in the town the previous month.
The attacks occurred in the aftermath of the violent break-up by security forces of sit-ins in support of former President Mohamed Morsi.
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