Egypt sentences 40 suspected ISIS members to life in prison
CAIRO -- An Egyptian court has sentenced 40 people to life in prison over alleged ties to ISIS and for helping recruit youth to join the extremists in Syria and Iraq.
The Criminal Court of Zagazig issued its verdict on Wednesday against the alleged militants, who were also convicted of plotting attacks against the police and Christians. Twenty of the suspects were sentenced in absentia.
Prosecutors say the group's alleged ringleaders were arrested at Cairo international airport on their way to Syria through Turkey, and later gave detailed confessions.
