Egypt executes nine over public prosecutor's killing

Egyptian authorities executed nine men convicted over the 2015 killing of the country’s chief prosecutor on Wednesday amid a surge in the number of death sentences carried out this month, lawyers, activists and officials said.

Egypt executed nine suspected Muslim Brotherhood members convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat. Source: AP

The men were among a group of 28 who were sentenced to death in the case in 2017. Public prosecutor Hisham Barakat was killed in a car bomb attack on his convoy in the capital, Cairo.

Egypt blamed the Muslim Brotherhood and Gaza-based Hamas for the operation. Both groups denied having a role.

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