{"id":116964,"date":"2015-05-17T13:45:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T13:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=116964"},"modified":"2015-05-17T13:45:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T13:45:25","slug":"egypt-executes-six-convicted-sinai-province-militants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/egypt-executes-six-convicted-sinai-province-militants\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt executes six convicted Sinai Province militants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Egypt has executed six men convicted of carrying out an attack on soldiers last year, state media report.<\/p>\n
The six men, who were hanged, were accused of being members of militant group Sinai Province, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS).<\/p>\n
They were found guilty of killing of two officers during a gunfight in March 2014.<\/p>\n
However, rights groups had called for a retrial for the six men, arguing that the court process was flawed.<\/p>\n
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said that three of the men were in custody at that time, and could not have carried out the attack in Arab Sharkas, a village north of Cairo.<\/p>\n
Amnesty described the men’s trial as “grossly unfair” and said the men said they were tortured into confessing to the charges.<\/p>\n