Egypt executes nine men over killing of public prosecutor – prison source, lawyer
By Reuters
21 February 2019 |
12:48 pm
Egyptian authorities have executed nine men convicted over the 2015 killing of the country's chief prosecutor, a prison source and a lawyer said on Wednesday
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