CAIRO: The South Cairo Court upheld death sentences against 10 defendants in case dubbed in media as “Zawahiri terrorist Cell,” over charges of establishing a terror organization affiliated with al-Qaeda, Youm7.
Other 58 co-defendants including Mohamed Rabie al-Zawahriri (brother of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahriri), received different imprisonment sentences.
On Aug. 10, the Cairo Court referred the sentences to Grant Mufti Shawki Allam for his advisory opinion. Only 50 defendants attended the trial and the others are fugitives.
The prosecution has accused the defendants of establishing and directing a terrorist organization aiming to “disrupt constitution and state institutions, spying for Al-Qaeda organization, planning to target security installations and inciting to kill army and police forces.”
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