On Wednesday, an Egyptian military court upheld a 25-year life sentence against 32 defendants, who were convicted of "forming 22 terrorist cells" that planned to assassinate Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and former Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef.
In June 2019, the Military Criminal Court issued life sentences for the defendants in the case, which was known in the media as the "attempted to assassinate Sisi."
And the lawyer of the accused, Khaled Al-Masry, posted on his Facebook page, "The Supreme Court of Military Appeals decided to reject all appeals and uphold all sentences as they are, except for only two of the accused, which modified their sentence from life to 15 years."
The case included more than 290 defendants who were referred in November 2016 to the military court, against the background of accusing them of forming "terrorist cells" affiliated with the "Sinai Province" organization, which is the Egyptian branch of the Islamic State, and is active in North and Central Sinai.
The rulings of the Military Criminal Court in 2019 included the punishment of 264 defendants with prison terms ranging from 3 to 15 years.
The text of the investigations of the Public Prosecutor in 2016, which was published on local news sites, revealed the defendants’ planning to assassinate Sisi while he was accompanied by bin Nayef while he was performing the rituals of Umrah in 2014. Assassination without giving details.
The defendants were also charged, according to investigations, with the assassination of 3 judges in Al-Arish in North Sinai Governorate in 2015, and targeting tourists and security forces from the army and police.
Egypt has been facing an escalation of jihadist activities in northern and central Sinai for years, and since February 2018, the Egyptian forces have launched a massive campaign against armed groups in Sinai and other parts of the country.
Since the start of the campaign, more than 1,000 suspected jihadists and dozens of soldiers have been killed, according to army statistics.