A court in Cairo has recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the killing of Egypt's top public prosecutor.
The death sentences are a preliminary judgement and will be referred to the chief Islamic legal authority, the Grand Mufti, for a non-binding opinion, as required by Egyptian law.
Egyptian policemen stand guard at the site of a June 29, 2015 bombing in Cairo that killed Egypt's top prosecutor Hisham Barakat.
Hesham Barakat was killed in a auto bombing near his house in Cairo on June 29, 2015.
Barakat was appointed prosecutor-general by Egypt's then interim-President Adly Mansour in July 2013, shortly after the military ousted the country's first freely-elected president, Mohamed Morsi.
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Saturday's judgment is due to be reaffirmed on July 22, when the court will also issue its verdict on the 36 other defendants in the case.
Thirty-one people face execution for the assassination of Egypt's top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, in a auto bomb attack on his convoy in Cairo two years ago.
Out of a total of 67 defendants involved in the case, 51 were present.
The 31 men have been charged with crimes including premeditated murder, belonging to a terrorist group, joining a foreign terror organisation, possessing and manufacturing explosives, illegally possessing firearms and blades, illegally crossing the border and espionage.
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