Court tosses out release request for Sadat assassin

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CAIRO: Cairo criminal court on Sunday tossed out an appeal for release from prison by one of the assassins of former president Anwar Al-Sadat, saying the matter was not under its jurisdiction, a judicial source said.

Abud Al-Zumur of the Islamic Jihad filed a case to be released from jail because his life sentence – set at 25 years in Egypt – had been completed, following his arrest and conviction for involvement in the 1981 killing of Sadat.

The court ruled that such a case came under the jurisdiction of the administrative court. No date was given for a new hearing.

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