Trial of Matrouh cell members adjourned till August 12

CAIRO - 18 July 2017: The Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday adjourned the trial of 20 members of the so-called Matrouh cell, which is affiliated to Daesh terrorist group, until August 12.

The trial was postponed to continue listening to the pleadings in the case.

Some of the defendants took part in the slaughtering of 21 Egyptian Christians by Daesh militants in Libya in February 2015.