Egypt’s Prosecutor General, who has referred thousands of Islamists to trial in recent months, was on Monday killed after militants targeted his convoy in a car bomb attack.
Egypt’s Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat, 65, has died following the bomb attack on his vehicle, officials said.
Earlier it was reported that he had sustained minor injuries in the attack the bomb targeted his convoy near his house in Misr el-Gedida district in Cairo. But later it emerged that he had succumbed to his wounds in a hospital after undergoing a critical surgery.
At least three other people apart from Barakat were injured in the incident, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Hossam Abdel Ghafar said.