Egypt court overturns death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists
Cairo court overturns capital punishment for 149 pro-Islamists accused of killing policemen in a mob attack on their station
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Cairo: An Egyptian appeals court overturned on Wednesday death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists accused of killing policemen in a mob attack on their station, a judicial source said.
The court ordered a retrial for the defendants over the attack, which killed 13 policemen near Cairo on August 14, 2013, the day police shot dead hundreds of Islamist demonstrators in the capital.
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