Proceedings to resume on Thursday in terrorist case

The Egyptian state supreme security court is resuming on Thursday hearings of the public prosecution and defense in the terrorism case of Ahmed Abd El-Wahab Khalil, under the chairmanship of counselor Ismail Hamdi, head of the court.

The state investigation arrested the fugitive leader of Quena regulation, Ahmed Abd El-Wahab, four years after arresting all other members of the regulation in 1995.

The accusation comprises the defendant's contribution along with the rest of defendants in a criminal agreement aimed at implementing aggressive operations to assassinate policemen and citizens who know about their activities.

The decision stated that the criminals monitored Brigadier General Mahmud Saleh El-Deeb in Quena, southern Egypt and shot and killed him.

The prosecution demands the most severe penalty for the defendant, which is execution by hanging.