Egyptian authorities executed on Wednesday three detainees convicted in the 2013 murder of a senior police official, security and judicial officials told AFP.
They were hanged for the murder of General Nabil Farag while the police was carrying out a raid in the Kerdasa region in 2013.
The area is known for being the residence of several Muslim Brotherhood supporters.
The raid targeted Islamist suspects linked to an armed attack against the Kerdasa police station that left 13 officers dead.
The attack was prompted by the security forces’ dispersing of a rally in Cairo by supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morse, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, in August 2013.
Authorities have designated the Brotherhood a terrorist organization.
