Egyptian television presenter sentenced to death in drug case
Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- An Egyptian court sentenced television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 others to death by hanging in a drug-related case.
- Al-Ahram reported that the defendants were found guilty of belonging to a criminal gang, importing drug-making ingredients and illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.
Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 other people have been sentenced to death by hanging in a case involving drug-related offenses.
The defendants were found guilty of belonging to a criminal gang that imported ingredients used to manufacture drugs for sale, according to the state newspaper Al-Ahram.
The group was also accused of illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.
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Originally published by Kathimerini in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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