The Military Court postponed on Sunday the verdict on 292 defendants in the case where they are accused of plotting to assassinate Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, until December 20.
The defendants are accused of more than 25 charges, and while 66 of them are captured the rest remain fugitives.
The first sessions started in August 2017, and the indictment is not restricted to the attempt to assassinate the Egyptian president but extends to assassinating 5 judges, 4 police officers and one citizen in two separate incidents north Sinai, in addition to targeting a headquarters of the military battalions, army vehicles and police station in Arish, plus implanting explosives.
On another level, Cairo Criminal Court has adjourned the trial of 32 defendants implicated in the assassination of a police officer and seven policemen in Helwan until December 24. The case is known in the media as the "Helwan and Giza Cells".
The prosecution had accused the defendants of committing 19 terrorist crimes against police personnel, forced robbery and sabotaging police and government property.
The defendants had adopted a strategy to attack checkpoints on roads and then flee on motorcycles.
They face charges of premeditated murder and attempted murder of police personnel, as resisting the authorities and possessing firearms and explosives. They are also accused of joining a group that promotes charges of infidelity against the ruler and attacks state institutions.
Another department in the court postponed the trial of 70 defendants in the case known in the media as the popular resistance committees in Karadasa, until Jan 8.
