Ibrahim Ismail, a culprit behind the December 2017 attack on a Coptic church in Cairo's suburb, was executed on Tuesday, Egyptian El-Watan newspaper reported
CAIRO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th December, 2019) Ibrahim Ismail, a culprit behind the December 2017 attack on a Coptic church in Cairo's suburb, was executed on Tuesday, Egyptian El-Watan newspaper reported.According to the news outlet, the death sentence was carried out via hanging.
In December 2017, a gunman on a motorbike tried to break through a roadblock near a Coptic church in the Cairo suburb of Helwan. A shooting ensued resulting in deaths of one police officer and eight civilians. When apprehended, the perpetrator, identified as Ismail, had with him an automatic weapon, five magazines, and two grenades.
