#rashid boat
The Rashid Misdemeanor Court has issued verdicts on Sunday that include prison terms of up to 14 years against 57 defendants in the case of capsized Rashid boat that killed at least 202. The boat capsized off Egypt’s shore and about 163 were rescued by the Armed Forces in the rescue mission. The overloaded boat had Egyptian migrants along with Syrian, Sudanese and Eritrean migrants, reportedly carrying between 350 and 600 illegal migrants. The defendants, 25 of whom were sentenced…