Oman- Egypt court overturns death sentences for 149 pro Islamists


(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Cairo-

An Egyptian appeals court overturned on Wednesday death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists accused of killing policemen in a mob attack on their station a judicial source said.

The court ordered a retrial for the defendants over the attack which killed 13 policemen near Cairo on August 14 2013 the day police shot dead hundreds of Islamist demonstrators in the capital.


Muscat Daily

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