Egypt: Dozens convicted over Israeli embassy attack

27 Aug 2012, 8:13 am   -   Source: AAP
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Last year, thousands of protesters tore down a security wall around a high-rise building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo and then trashed its offices. (AP)

Last year, thousands of protesters tore down a security wall around a high-rise building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo and then trashed its offices. (AP)

Seventy-six Egyptians have been convicted over last year's attack by protesters on the Israeli embassy in Cairo.

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A Cairo court has convicted 76 Egyptians on charges linked to last year's attack by protesters on the Israeli embassy.

Seventy-five of the defendants received suspended one-year sentences on Sunday, while one defendant tried in absentia was given a five-year prison term.

The court listed eight charges, including "an assault against diplomatic missions" and "sabotage".

In September, thousands of protesters tore down a security wall around a high-rise building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo and then trashed its offices.

The embassy's storming followed the killing of six Egyptian soldiers by Israeli troops who were pursuing Palestinian militants near the Egyptian border.

The attack prompted nearly the entire embassy staff to evacuate in one of the worst crises to hit the two countries' relations since their 1979 peace treaty.

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