To hang for shooting officer

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Egyptian court yesterday sentenced seven men to hang for killing a police general in the unrest following the 2013 military overthrow of Islamist president Mohammad Mursi.

It was the defendants’ second trial, after having won an appeal against an initial sentencing. They can appeal one last time.

General Nabil Farag was shot dead in September 2013 when police raided the village of Kerdassa near Cairo where Mursi’s supporters were holed up. (AFP)