The charge­s includ­es having bomb making, extrem­ist views, and formin­g an illega­l groupCAIRO: An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 21 suspected extremists to death, including 16 in absentia, on charges of bomb making and planning attacks on public and private infrastructure, judicial sources said. The charges also included having extremist views and forming an illegal group, the sources said. The Cairo criminal court sentenced four other people in the same case to life in prison and three others to 15 years. Those who were in court to hear their verdicts on Thursday can appeal the decision within 60 days. Hundreds of extremists, including Muslim Brotherhood supporters and members, have received death sentences since 2013, and Egypt has carried out dozens of executions, according to security sources and rights groups.

Source: The Express Tribune February 22, 2018 15:45 UTC