Gavel - File PhotoCAIRO – 9 May 2018: The investigations conducted by Egypt’s public prosecution in the case of the Islamic State group in Sinai, which included 555 defendants, revealed that the IS group moved to Sudan as a safe haven after their defeat in Libya.It was revealed that the terrorist Hani Abdul Samad Abdul Sattar was responsible for smuggling accused members to Sudan. Rahman Mohammed Mahdi Shklov, a member of IS, was responsible for providing clothes to members.The list of defendants also included fugitive Tarek el-Zomor, former chairman of the Building and Development Party. Zomor is accused of funding terrorist activities in Egypt following the July 2013 revolution, Al-Shorouq newspaper reported on Sunday.Zomor was among the terrorists who assassinated former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during a military parade on October 6, 1981 while celebrating the 1973 victory against Israel.Zomor served a prison sentence before he joined the Salafist Building and Development Party formed after the January 25th Revolution. He is currently the chairman of Al Jama’a Al-Islamiyya and the Building and Development Party. He was also a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad.

Source: Egypt Today May 09, 2018 15:56 UTC