An Egyptian court sentenced a man to death today (January 16, 2010) for a drive-by shooting of Christians in the southern city of Naga Hammadi last year which left seven people dead, according to the Earth Times website.
Mohamed Hassan -- the primary defendant in the case -- was sentenced by a State Security Emergency Criminal Court in the southern province of Qena.
The sentence will be confirmed by the court on February 20, when it will also hand out the sentences of the other two defendants in the case, Qurshi Abulhagag and Hendawy Mohamed Hassan.
Mohamed Hassan is charged with opening fire on a group of people as they were leaving a Christmas mass in Naga Hammadi on January 6, 2010, the night of Coptic Christmas eve.
The attack left six Christian teenagers and a Muslim security official dead.
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