Egypt hangs 3 Islamic ultras

The three were among 28 members of the Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya Islamic group, who were tried before the high-security court in May last year in connection with eight separate attacks in the southern town Aswan. The rest were sentenced to life term.

Two of the slain policemen were killed while guarding a church. A third was killed in the street. Four security men were injured in the attacks.The Islamic group has been blamed for much of the violence in an early five-year campaign aimed at overthrowing Egypt’s secular Government and replacing it with strict Islamic rule.

Besides security forces, the militants have also targeted the minority Christian community. More than 1,070 people have been killed, many of them police and militants.