Court sentences six to death in terror case

A court sentenced six defendants convicted of terror offences to death yesterday, Ahram Online reports. Forty-one other defendants were handed life sentences, seven received 15-year terms, while 14 others were acquitted. The defendants were found guilty of setting up an illegal group known as ‘the popular resistance committee’ in Kerdasa, and killing three people. The story was also picked up by the Associated Press.