9 Sentenced in Egyptian Museum Attack
A military court sentenced the chief of a mental asylum to life at hard labor Thursday for letting go a patient who went on to kill nine German tourists in a Sept. 18 attack outside the Egyptian Museum.
Another doctor, a guard, three nurses and three attendants at the asylum also received sentences of three to 10 years of hard labor.
The court found Dr. Naseem Abdel-Mallak, chief of the Khanqa Asylum, guilty of corruption and negligence in allowing patient Saber Farhat to leave the hospital.
Farhat was recently sentenced to death for masterminding the attack that killed the German tourists and their Egyptian bus driver.
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