Hisham Barakat Assasination

Egypt's state prosecutor on Sunday referred 67 people to trial over the assassination of a top prosecutor, a statement said, after authorities accused Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood of involvement.

A visibly angry Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pledged tougher laws against militants and suggested fast track executions at the funeral of the state prosecutor assassinated in a car bombing.

Egypt's state prosecutor on Sunday referred 67 people to trial over the assassination of a top prosecutor, a statement said, after authorities accused Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood of involvement.

A visibly angry Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pledged tougher laws against militants and suggested fast track executions at the funeral of the state prosecutor assassinated in a car bombing.