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1st LD: Egypt's Sisi pledges tougher laws at prosecutor's funeral

Xinhua, June 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged on Tuesday tougher laws against militants at the funeral of Egypt's prosecutor general, according to the official MENA news agency.

"Arm of justice is chained by the law. We're going to use every judicial method to fight against terrorists, including death sentence and life imprisonment," Sisi said in a televised speech at the funeral.

Egypt's Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat succumbed to injuries he sustained earlier on Monday in a bomb attack in Cairo.

Nine other people were injured in the blast that targeted the country's top prosecutor, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Health.

The bombing came after Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis militant group, an affiliate of the Islamic State regional militant group, posted a video clip on Monday supposedly showing attacks in May that killed two judges and a prosecutor.

The group has vowed more attacks on judges in revenge for mass life and death sentences handed down to Islamists. Endit