An Egyptian court on Thursday postponed to 14 February the trial of Reda Sayyid Ali, the Egyptian suspected of involvement in three 2005 attacks that killed three tourists and injured 26 in Cairo.
The trial will resume after Ali recovers from recent open-heart surgery, judicial sources said. Ali is currently receiving treatment at Cairo's Kasr al-Ainy Hospital.
The court in August 2008 sentenced four defendants to 25 years imprisonment. It also delivered ten-year sentences for two defendants, three-year sentences for one defendant, and one-year sentences for two others.
The judges acquitted four defendants, including two women.
The attacks involved three suicide bombs. One took place in the al-Azhar district on 7 April, while the other two took place on 30 April at Sayyida Aesha and Abdel Moneim Riyad, both located in the downtown district.
Egypt’s Interior Ministry denied the attacks had links to foreign extremist groups.
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
