Cairo court sentences three death for failed plot to kill Alexandria’s security director

A Cairo criminal court has handed down preliminary death sentences to three defendants for the failed assassination attempt on Alexandria’s head of security Mostafa El Nemr in March 2018, Ahram Online reports. The court referred the sentences to the Grand Mufti, and will issue its final ruling on 21 March. El Nemr escaped unscathed but two police officers were killed in the attack, which took place in the run-up to the 2018 presidential elections.