Cairo, Dec 6 (IANS): An Egyptian court has sentenced seven jihadists to death, including well known jihadi Adel Habara, for killing 25 policemen last year in an attack in Sinai near the border with Israel, Al Jazeera reported citing judicial sources.
The attack took place in August 2013 following the government's violent clearing of two protest camps in Cairo, where supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi had gathered to demand his reinstatement. Saturday's ruling came after the Grand Mufti endorsed the sentence. Those sentenced were accused of stopping mini buses carrying the victims, forcing them to get off and then shooting them.