An Egyptian man was sentenced Sunday (May 12th) to death by hanging for a deadly attack on a Cairo church in 2017 claimed by the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS), AFP reported.
Ten people, including a police officer, were killed as the assailant targeted the St. Menas and Pope Cyril IV church in Helwan, on the southern outskirts of Cairo.
According to the authorities, the attacker was armed with an assault rifle, ammunition and a bomb he intended to detonate at the church.
A Cairo criminal court sentenced the man for "murdering nine Copts and a policeman, possessing weapons and forming a terrorist group linked to ISIS", a judicial source said.
A second man, who is on the run, was sentenced to death in absentia, the source added.
Two others were sentenced in absentia to life in prison, four received 10-year terms and two were given three years each in prison. Another defendant was acquitted.
All of those convicted have the possibility to appeal.
