Egypt's top prosecutor Hisham Barakat killed by Cairo car bomb
- 9 years ago
Egypt’s public prosecutor Hisham Barakat has died following a bomb attack on his car in Cairo.
Security sources said the device was detonated remotely as a convoy of vehicles left his home on Monday morning.
The explosion destroyed at least five cars and blew out shop windows.
Several other people were injured including five police guards.
Barakat died in hospital from his injuries.
He is the Egyptian state’s most senior figure to be killed since the army deposed Islamist President Mohammed Mursi in July 2013.
The chief prosecutor was at the forefront of the subsequent crackdown on Islamists, overseeing the detention of tens of thousands of government opponents.
His prosecutions resulted in death sentences for hundreds of alleged Brotherhood supporters.
Who carried out the attack has not been confirmed. A little known group calling itself the “Giza Popular Resistance” claimed responsibility in an entry on Facebook but then retracted it.
Judges and other officials hav
Security sources said the device was detonated remotely as a convoy of vehicles left his home on Monday morning.
The explosion destroyed at least five cars and blew out shop windows.
Several other people were injured including five police guards.
Barakat died in hospital from his injuries.
He is the Egyptian state’s most senior figure to be killed since the army deposed Islamist President Mohammed Mursi in July 2013.
The chief prosecutor was at the forefront of the subsequent crackdown on Islamists, overseeing the detention of tens of thousands of government opponents.
His prosecutions resulted in death sentences for hundreds of alleged Brotherhood supporters.
Who carried out the attack has not been confirmed. A little known group calling itself the “Giza Popular Resistance” claimed responsibility in an entry on Facebook but then retracted it.
Judges and other officials hav