Ashmawi executed over terror charges

الأنباط - The Egyptian authorities executed the death sentence against Hisham Ashmawi, who is accused of terrorism-related cases, this morning, said the interior ministry in a statement on Wednesday.

'The execution by hanging was carried out based on a decision by the military court ... and after taking all the relevant judicial procedures,' it added.

On Monday, a Cairo court sentenced Ashmawi to death along with 36 others over 54 crimes including killing police officers and blowing up several security installations.

Ashmawi joined the "Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis" group in Sinai, and then fled to Libya and was stationed in the city of Derna before being arrested.

Born in 1978 or 1979, Ashwami joined the Egyptian Armed Forces as a young man and rose to join the elite unit, but was dismissed in 2012 over his hardening religious views