Egyptian authorities have hanged six men convicted of having carried out, or for having participated in the planning of, a deed which several soldiers were killed.
The trials and executions strongly criticized by several human rights organizations. Amnesty International said that the men's trials were "grossly unfair" and that the only witness was an anonymous police officer from the security services.
According to prosecutors, the men were members of the Sinai-based jihadistorganisationen Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis which has ties to the Islamic state (IS) in Iraq and Syria. The group has carried out several deadly deeds in Egypt.
The Egyptian newspaper madamasr.com has studied the cases and according to the newspaper, they have been executed fighters in Syria. Some of them were arrested when they sought visas to Turkey in order to travel to Syria again.Three of those executed sat in military prison, al-Azouly at the time of the alleged crimes, according to the newspaper.
