Egypt gives leading Islamists 20-year sentences

Published September 9, 2014 1:53pm ET



CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s state news agency is reporting that a Cairo court has sentenced a top Muslim Brotherhood member and a prominent Islamist preacher to 20 years in prison after finding them guilty on charges of abducting and torturing two police officers last summer and leading a terrorist organization.

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