EGYPT: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SEVEN TO DEATH OVER BOMBING

March 2, 2016: An Egyptian military court has handed down seven death sentences for an April 2015 bombing that killed two army cadets as they waited to board a bus, an army official said.
The blast in the Nile Delta city of Kafr el-Sheikh was one of a spate of attacks that have hit the security forces since the 2013 overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Most have been in the Sinai Peninsula, but some have been in Cairo or the delta to its north.
The court in second city Alexandria also sentenced five people to life in prison, which in Egypt means 25 years, the army official said.
It sentenced two defendants to 15 years, and four to three years.
The defendants have the right of appeal to the Court of Cassation.
Three of those sentenced to death were tried in absentia. (Sources: AFP, 02/03/2016)