An Egyptian court jailed four men today over the brutal street killing of a dog, which was filmed and sparked outrage when the video went viral on the Internet.
The verdict and three-year sentence come as a rare victory for animal rights campaigners, who say authorities often ignore such abuses.
Police said the three men had brawled with the owner of the dog, which bit one of them during the fight, and later demanded that he hand over the animal.
In the end, one man strikes the animal with a metal bar and kills it.
The three men were arrested and tried, along with the dog's owner in absentia. They were found guilty of several charges, including "torturing a domestic animal to death, and thuggery".
Max's owner, identified as Mohammed Sayed, told a news website he had to watch his dog die and could not intervene.
"I'm sorry Max; I had no choice," he wrote.
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