Egypt court sentences seven to death for police attack

An Egyptian court sentenced seven people to death on Monday for killing police officers in 2016, according to the country’s flagship Al-Ahram daily newspaper.

In the case, the court jailed three other defendants for 15 years each, fifteen to ten years, and acquitted seven others.

The defendants were accused of attacking a police vehicle in Cairo in 2016, killing seven police officers. The defendants denied the charges.

Monday's verdicts are still subject to appeal.

Egyptian authorities have launched a relentless crackdown on dissent following the overthrow of former president Mohamed Morsi in a military coup, killing hundreds and arresting thousands.

Morsi died unexpectedly this June, after collapsing in a courtroom.