4 defendants sentenced to death in “Awsim Cell” case

CAIRO – 19 February 2018: The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced four defendants on Monday to death and 12 others to life imprisonment in the case known in the media as “Awsim Cell”.

The defendants in the “Awsim Cell” case are accused of forming terrorist cells to incite chaos, attack public and private facilities and target security and army personnel.

They are also charged with attempted arson and placing fake explosive devices outside the Awsim Town Council and the local electricity company, as well as detonating an explosive device outside the home of Judge Fathy Bayoumi while he was inside. Bayoumi was one of the judges who acquitted Mubarak-era Interior Minister Habib al-Adly in one of the cases filed against him. Bayoumi survived the attack.