The World : 3 Sadat Assassins Escape
- Share via
Three former army officers convicted in the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat overpowered their guards, seized rifles and shot their way out of a maximum security prison near Cairo, police said. Interior Minister Zaki Badr placed airports and harbors on alert as part of an intense manhunt for the escapees, members of a Muslim fundamentalist organization known as Jihad, or Holy War. The three--identified as Mohammed Khames, 40, Esam Kemary, 37, and Ahmed Aswani, 31--were among 17 Jihad members given sentences ranging up to life imprisonment for involvement in the assassination. Five others were executed for the crime.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
So-Cal Edison likely sparked the Eaton Fire. CEO Pedro Pizarro gives host Kate Cagle his pitch for the Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program amid lawsuits accusing the company of negligence.
In this special “Rebuilding L.A.,” Kate Cagle examines fire recovery and resilience. Featuring Rick Caruso on rebuilding the Palisades a year after the fires.
Whaddya know – the feds work with CA’s “queen of green.” The Golden State gets “secret recipe” gas, but new partners mean new frictions over the familiar smog check program.
