Egyptian TV Presenter Among 12 Sentenced to Death in Drug Case
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- An Egyptian court sentenced television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 others to death in a large narcotics case, official media reported.
- Khalifa, 39, is known for hosting Mission Impossible, a program focused on security and crime.
Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa was sentenced to death alongside 11 other people in a sprawling case involving the manufacture and trafficking of narcotics, official media reported on Saturday.
Khalifa, 39, faced charges of forming an organized criminal gang to manufacture and traffic drugs. The case placed a well-known television figure among those receiving the capital sentence.
She is best known for hosting Mission Impossible, a program that dealt with issues involving security and crime. The article identifies her television profile while reporting the court’s judgment in the drug case.
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Originally published by The Guardian in English. 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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