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Egypt court confirms death sentence against MB supporter

Xinhua, February 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

An Egyptian court confirmed on Thursday a death sentence against a supporter of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group over murder charges, reported MENA.

Mahmoud Hassan Ramadan, sentenced to death, was seen - as posted in a video - stabbing a boy and then throwing him off a rooftop during clashes in Alexandria, following the removal of Islamist President and Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. Hassan was also seen waving the black flag of al-Qaida in the video.

The Cassation Court rejected the appeals of all the defendants over the May 2014 Alexandria Criminal Court verdict, in which the court sentenced 13 of the defendants to 25 years in prison and the other 46, 7-15 years in prison.

On Monday another Egyptian court passed the death sentence against 183 Brotherhood supporters charged with killing 11 police officers and two civilians following the removal of Morsi, but the defendants appealed.

Fifty-seven others received sentences ranging from 15-25 years in prison over attempted murder and violence.

It is the first time the country passes death sentences against hundreds of Brotherhood members and Islamists supporting Morsi.

The defendants were charged with: killing four people, illegal assembly, robbery, burning and destroying public buildings, assaulting police institutions, weapons possession in addition to attacking peaceful protesters and terrorizing civilians.

They also pushed anti-Morsi supporters from the top of high buildings.

Nearly 1,000 of Morsi's loyalists were killed in a security crackdown and thousands were poisoned. Endit