An Egyptian court has
sentenced six people to death on terror-related charges for carrying out a
militant attack outside a hotel near the famed Giza Pyramids.
The Giza criminal
court on Saturday also sentenced eight defendants to life in prison on similar
charges that include attacking security forces, and possession of weapons and
explosives.
Another 12 defendants
received 10 years in prison. The verdict can be appealed.
The charges stem from
an attack in Jan. 2016 on an Egyptian security post outside the Three Pyramids
Hotel.
No one was hurt in the
incident, but the attack damaged the hotel’s facade and also a bus parked in
front of the building, which was in use by a group of visiting Arab Israelis.