The Guardian Egypt: eight police killed in attack on outskirts of Cairo Gunmen shot dead eight plainclothes Egyptian policemen in the Helwan district south of Cairo, the interior ministry said on Sunday. The policemen were travelling in a minivan when the assailants in a pickup truck blocked their path and sprayed the vehicle with automatic rifle fire, the ministry said. Jihadists, including Islamic State group militants, have killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers in attacks, mostly in the Sinai Peninsula and also in and around Cairo. Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/08/egypt-eight-police-killed-in-attack-on-outskirts-of-cairo The Sydney Morning Herald Two journalists and four others sentenced to death in Egypt An Egyptian court handed down preliminary death sentences on Saturday to six defendants on charges of leaking secret state documents to Qatar in a case involving deposed president Mohamed Morsi. Dr Morsi was not among the six convicts, who include two employees for the Qatari television network al-Jazeera. Al-Jazeera identified its two employees sentenced to death as Ibrahim Hilal, an Egyptian national working as news editor, and Alaa Sablan, a Jordanian news producer. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/two-journalists-and-four-others-sentenced-to-death-in-egypt-20160507-gop0fq.html
