CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced six defendants to death for a fatal attack on a police checkpoint northwest of Cairo in 2016, judicial officials said.
The court also jailed two people for life and four others, including three minors, for terms ranging from three to 15 years.
They were all found guilty of killing a policeman during the assault and attempting to murder a second officer.
In addition, they were sentenced for allegedly forming and supporting a terrorist group to try to topple the government and attack police and armed forces personnel.
Egypt’s courts have sentenced to death or lengthy jail terms hundreds of people after speedy mass trials since the army ousted Islamist president Muhammad Mursi in 2013 amid protests against his rule.
International rights campaign group Reprieve says that figures it compiled indicate Egypt executed at least 83 people between January 2014 and February 2018.
Egypt court sentences 6 to death over checkpoint attack
Egypt court sentences 6 to death over checkpoint attack
Syrian government, Kurdish-led SDF exchange prisoners in Hasakah
- 100 detainees released by each side under new peace deal
LONDON: The Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces exchanged prisoners as part of an agreement to end their conflict and integrate the Kurdish-led group into state institutions in Damascus.
The operation resulted in the release of 100 detainees from prisons operated by the government and 100 from SDF-run prisons in Hasakah, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
The prisoners released by the SDF were met at the Panorama roundabout in Hasakah by a presidential team and members of the Internal Security Forces.
Brig. Gen. Ziad al-Ayesh is the presidential envoy overseeing the implementation of the Jan. 29 agreement with the SDF, which stipulates the Syrian government’s control over the northeastern region, including Hasakah and Qamishli.
The agreement helped bring an end to the conflict between the two sides and established a phased process to integrate the SDF’s military and administrative capabilities into central government institutions, with civilian and security affairs controlled from Damascus.
