The World - News from Aug. 10, 1988
Egyptian police shot and killed one convict and wounded and recaptured a second who escaped July 17 while serving life terms for the assassination of President Anwar Sadat, the Interior Ministry said. Mohammed Khames, 40, was slain Monday after he opened fire on police when they surrounded his apartment in a Cairo suburb, the ministry said. In a separate incident, police recaptured Ahmed Aswani, 31, after a gun battle. A third escapee, Essam Kemary, 37, was shot and killed by police eight days after the escape from Tura prison. The three were members of a Muslim fundamentalist group blamed for the Oct. 6, 1981, assassination of Sadat.
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