The Cairo Criminal Court decided Sunday to postpone the first hearing of the retrial of three accused members of the Damietta terrorist cell to June 8.
The public prosecutor referred the defendants to the criminal court after charging them along with several others.
The charges include forming a terrorist group that embraces takfiri ideologies and committing crimes such as targeting churches, Christians and the state’s vital installations.
They also joined a terrorist group that was established in violation of the provisions of the law. The group calls for breaching the constitution, preventing state institutions from functioning, targeting public and private facilities and disturbing public peace.
The retrial of suspects accused in the case known as “Kerdasa massacre” was postponed to June 1.
The suspects stormed Kerdasa Police Center in August 2013, killed the head of the station, his deputy, 12 officers and a police conscript.
The public prosecution referred the defendant and others to the criminal court on charges of “participating in the August 2013 protests and committing premeditated murders after storming the police station.
The criminal court had in 2017 sentenced 20 defendants to death, 80 to life in prison, while 34 had received a 15-year sentence and a minor 10 years.
