Egypt Hangs 15 for Terrorism, Stoking Fears among Islamists

The Egyptian authorities hanged 15 guys on Tuesday for an assault in the Sinai Peninsula in 2013, the begin of an Islamic insurgency that the navy-ruled government has been scuffling with ever due to the fact.
The hangings, mentioned by using nation media, had been the largest mass execution in Egypt when you consider that six convicted jihadists were hanged in 2015.
A navy court docket found the men responsible on terrorism charges last month for an attack on a navy checkpoint in which one navy officer and eight infantrymen were killed.
That assault got here amid a surge of violence that swept throughout Egypt after Egyptian protection forces forcibly broke up two Islamist sit down-ins in the capital, Cairo, killing over 800 humans. The army had seized energy six weeks earlier, overthrowing a democratically elected Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.