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Egyptian Prosecutor Killed in Cairo Bomb Attack

HeadlineJun 30, 2015

In Egypt, the country’s public prosecutor has been killed in a bomb attack in Cairo. Hisham Barakat died in hospital Monday after a remote bomb detonated next to his car outside his home as he drove to work. Eight others were also hurt in the blast. Barakat became a target of militants after he sent thousands of Islamists to trial following the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi in 2013.

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