An Egyptian Court has sentenced 23 people to 14 years in maximum security prison over the June 2013 massacre of four Shiites in Giza, Egypt. Of the 23 sentenced to prison, only nine are in custody, while the remaining 14 were sentenced in absentia. Meanwhile, eight defendants were acquitted. In June 2013, four Shiite Muslims were killed by a mob that attacked their houses. Five houses owned by Shiites were torched, and 32 Shiites were injured. The deaths came on the 15th night of Mid-Shaaban, a holy Islamic night for both Sunnis and Shiites. A top Shiite leader, Hassan Shehata, had been visiting the local village of Abu Muslam in Giza, when angry locals stormed the house he was visiting, throwing Molotov Cocktails and dragging each family member out onto the streets. Sheikh Hassan Shehata was dragged in the streets after being stabbed and killed. Images showed Shehata being beaten and kicked as his lifeless body was being dragged for show. The other victims had been identified as the 55-year-old brother of Sheikh Shehata and 45-year-old Abd Al-Kader Hassanein Amr. The fourth victim had initially not been identified as his…
