A military funeral will be held for Egypt’s prosecutor general, who died in hospital after a bomb targeted his motorcade earlier on Monday. The funeral will be held on Tuesday at noon, state television reported. Shortly before he succumbed to his wounds, spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat was undergoing a second surgical procedure because of “internal hemorrhage”. Zakaria Abdel Aziz Othman, the assistant prosecutor general earlier told state radio that a car suddenly exploded near the prosecutor general’s motorcade. The blast left nine others injured. Othman was tasked with filling in the late prosecutor general’s position starting Monday, a judicial source said. MOURNING AND CONDEMNATIONS The attack on the top prosecutor comes one day before the two-year anniversary of the passing of the June 30 protests, which were followed by the military ouster of then-president Mohamed Mursi. The Egyptian presidency announced a suspension of celebration in mourning of Barakat’s death. Prior to Barakat’s death, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed the attack with Interior Minister Magdi Abdel Ghaffar, ordering that the perpetrators are quickly brought to justice, state agency MENA reported. Egypt’s Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zend said…
