Egypt confirms death for 183 convicted of killing 13 cops

CAIRO: An Egyptian court Monday confirmed death sentences against 183 men convicted of killing 13 policemen. The policemen were killed in an attack on a police station in Kerdasa, a town on the outskirts of Cairo, on Aug. 14, 2013. The attack took place on the same day that security forces killed hundreds of demonstrators in clashes as they dismantled two massive protest camps in Cairo supporting Mursi. The court had in December issued a preliminary verdict against 188 defendants in a mass trial, of whom two were acquitted on Monday while one, a minor, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Charges against the remaining two were dropped after the court found that they were dead. Arab News