The Appeal Court refuted on Wednesday 14 death sentences in the Kerdasa case and revoked a 10-year prison sentence for another defendant. The defendants are accused of storming the Kerdasa Police Station in Giza and killing several officers and intending to kill others. The storming of the station took place after the military ouster of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. In Kerdasa alone, another two cases are taking place for which the defendants also received harsh prison sentences and death sentences. Police officers and soldiers have been killed in shootings and bombings in the Sinai Peninsula, Cairo, and the Nile Delta.

Source: Daily News Egypt October 19, 2016 14:15 UTC