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Egypt carries out first execution of Mursi supporter
Source: Reuters
Egypt carries out first execution of Mursi supporter
CAIRO Sat Mar 7, 2015 5:02am EST
(Reuters) - Egypt executed an Islamist on Saturday for a murder committed during riots in mid-2013, the first death sentence carried out against a supporter of the banned Muslim Brotherhood under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
The interior ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page that Mahmoud Hassan Ramadan had been hanged for an incident where children were thrown from a building during protests in 2013 against the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
Security sources have described Ramadan as a radical Islamist who is not officially a Brotherhood member.
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In one of the most dramatic scenes of the upheaval following Mursi's fall captured on video, Ramadan threw someone off a rooftop during clashes in the northern Mediterranean city's Sidi Gaber district. An al Qaeda flag was seen tucked into the back of Ramadan's trousers.
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CAIRO Sat Mar 7, 2015 5:02am EST
(Reuters) - Egypt executed an Islamist on Saturday for a murder committed during riots in mid-2013, the first death sentence carried out against a supporter of the banned Muslim Brotherhood under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
The interior ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page that Mahmoud Hassan Ramadan had been hanged for an incident where children were thrown from a building during protests in 2013 against the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
Security sources have described Ramadan as a radical Islamist who is not officially a Brotherhood member.
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In one of the most dramatic scenes of the upheaval following Mursi's fall captured on video, Ramadan threw someone off a rooftop during clashes in the northern Mediterranean city's Sidi Gaber district. An al Qaeda flag was seen tucked into the back of Ramadan's trousers.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/07/us-egypt-execution-islamist-idUSKBN0M30AU20150307
