Egypt’s Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek referred on Sunday 292 members of ISIS-affiliated terrorist group Welayet Sinai to military court for plotting to assassinate Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. The terrorists’ referral to trial comes after a year-long investigation that uncovered two separate assassination attempts on the Egyptian president, state-owned Ahram Online reported. The first attempt, in 2014, saw the members cooperating with other terrorist cell members in Saudi Arabia to plant explosives at a hotel where President Sisi was expected to stay while he was in Mecca to perform pilgrimage. The plot also targeted Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef but was unsuccessful in harming either leader. Meanwhile, the second attempt was allegedly carried out by seven members, six of whom are former police officers, and saw the terrorist cell members attempt to attack President Sisi’s convoy with explosives in Cairo. According to the Prosecutor General’s statement, the cell members – 158 of whom have been arrested – are also responsible for a number of terrorist attacks in North Sinai, including the assassination of three judges in Al-Arish and a deadly car bombing that targeted the hotel where judges supervising Egypt’s parliamentary…
292 Members of ISIS-Affiliated Group Referred to Military Court for Plotting to Assassinate Egypt’s Sisi
November 21, 2016
