Islamists sentenced to death
Sunday 18 April 1999 23:02 BST
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Islamists sentenced to death
THE LARGEST military trial in Egypt's crackdown on Islamic militancy ended with nine defendants sentenced to death and 11 sentenced to life among 107 charged with belonging to the Jihad group that assassinated President Sadat in 1981. Twenty were acquitted and the rest sentenced to terms of up to 15 years.
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