Egypt executed an ex-special forces officer turned top Islamist militant, Hisham Ashmawy, on Wednesday over involvement in several high-profile attacks, said the army.
“The execution by hanging was carried out based on a decision by the military court … and after taking all the relevant judicial procedures,” said army spokesman Tamer al-Rifai.
Born in 1978 or 1979, Ashwamy joined the Egyptian Armed Forces as a young man and rose to join the elite unit, but was dismissed in 2012 over his hardening religious views. Ashmawy broke with the organisation after it pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in November 2014.
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