Seventeen Islamic militants were sentenced to death yesterday for their role in multiple church bombings in Egypt that killed scores of Coptic Orthodox Christians, the Christian Post website reports today (October 12, 2018).
Another 19 defendants were issued life sentences by a military court, while nine others were given 15 years in prison for terror-related charges.
Several were found guilty of being involved in a suicide bombing at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo in December 2016, where 25 people died.
Others were found guilty of being involved in twin suicide bombings in churches in Alexandria and Tanta on Palm Sunday in April 2017, where 45 were killed.
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