Death Penalty for 31 in Egypt Over Murder of Chief Prosecutor

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Death Penalty for 31 in Egypt Over Murder of Chief Prosecutor

Egypt's General Prosecutor Hesham Barakat, who was murdered in June 2015 (Image: YOUM7/Hossam Atef)

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 31 people to death for murdering the country's former chief prosecutor almost two years ago.

The death sentences are a preliminary judgement and will be referred to the chief Islamic legal authority, the Grand Mufti, for a non-binding opinion, as required by Egyptian law.

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The defendants were also charged with possessing explosives and conspiring with the Palestinian Hamas movement, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, to carry out attacks in Egypt.

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