Egypt on sunday hanged six Islamists who were involved in the killing of two Army officers, ignoring rights groups’ appeal to spare them.
The convicts’ death sentence was upheld by a military court in March, following a trial in which the six were convicted of carrying out attacks after the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
The defendants were charged of planning terrorist operations, attacking military personnel, army facilities, and being members of the Sinai-based militant group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis.
Death sentence was handed down to seven Islamists, including one in absentia, in the last year’s case known as ‘Arab Sharkas’.