assassination
Defendant handed 10-year prison sentence over top prosecutor assassination
Egypt
December 23, 2017
Defendant handed 10-year prison sentence over top prosecutor assassination
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced on Saturday a defendant accused of the 2015 assassination of top prosecutor Hesham Barakat to…
Turkish judge issues guilty verdicts against soldiers accused of trying to kill Erdogan
Middle East
October 4, 2017
Turkish judge issues guilty verdicts against soldiers accused of trying to kill Erdogan
A Turkish court started issuing verdicts on Wednesday in the trial of some 40 soldiers accused of attempting to kill…
2 women plead not guilty in N. Korean scion’s assassination
World
October 2, 2017
2 women plead not guilty in N. Korean scion’s assassination
Two women accused of fatally poisoning the estranged half brother of North Korea’s ruler pleaded not guilty as their trial…
Lieutenant killed in Qaliubiya by unidentified assailants
Egypt
July 7, 2017
Lieutenant killed in Qaliubiya by unidentified assailants
First Lieutenant Ibrahim Azazy of the National Security Agency in Qaliubiya was killed by two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle,…
Half-brother of North Korean leader Kim assassinated in Malaysia: Yonhap news
World
February 14, 2017
Half-brother of North Korean leader Kim assassinated in Malaysia: Yonhap news
The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been assassinated in Malaysia, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday.The…
Egypt Court bans Muslim Brotherhood-linked group
Egypt
February 11, 2017
Egypt Court bans Muslim Brotherhood-linked group
Abdeen Summary Proceedings Court on Saturday banned Hasm movement and declared it a terrorist organization.Lawyer Ashraf Farahat filed the case…
Pakistan’s blasphemy law exalts killer, threatens missing bloggers
Middle East
January 25, 2017
Pakistan’s blasphemy law exalts killer, threatens missing bloggers
Two ornate minarets pierce the evening sky. They frame the emerald green colored dome of an ornate shrine erected to…
Egypt’s security forces kill 2 men over assassination of senior military officer
Egypt
December 25, 2016
Egypt’s security forces kill 2 men over assassination of senior military officer
Egypt's Interior Ministry announced early on Sunday the killing of two men involved in the assassination of a senior army…
30 MB suspects remanded over Gomaa, top prosecutor assistant assassination attempts
Egypt
November 7, 2016
30 MB suspects remanded over Gomaa, top prosecutor assistant assassination attempts
The Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the detention of 30 suspects for 15 days, pending investigation into the assassination attempts…
Terrorist group claims responsibility for failed assassination attempt on judge who tried Morsi
Egypt
November 6, 2016
Terrorist group claims responsibility for failed assassination attempt on judge who tried Morsi
A terrorist group calling itself the Hasm Movement, affiliated with the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, said it was behind the…