The Interior Ministry’s Prison Sector released on Friday business tycoon Hisham Talaat Mostafa, among those released by a presidential pardon on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. Earlier on Friday, Sisi issued a presidential decre pardoning 502 prisoners, including 25 women and large number of youth detained over involvement in protests. The presidency’s media office said Sisi gave instructions to the ministry to implement the order before Eid, which starts on Sunday. Media reports labeled the attack an act of revenge against the singer Tamim. Eventually, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for hiring a hitman to kill the Lebanese singer Tamim.

Source: Egypt Independent June 24, 2017 10:18 UTC