CAIRO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian court sentenced three people to death on Monday over terror charges, official Ahram Online website reported.
The defendants were convicted of forming a terrorist cell, attacking a police patrol, and killing a policeman in 2016, according to Ahram.
Before brought to trial, prosecution general had charged the defendants with murder, attempted murder, and possession of arms in the attack on a police patrol in Montazah in east Alexandria, which left one policeman dead and four wounded.
The criminal court also sentenced two other defendants in the case to ten years in jail.
The verdicts can still be appealed.
Egypt has been fighting against a wave of terror activities that killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers since the military toppled former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 in response to mass protests against his one-year rule and his currently outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.
Terror attacks in Egypt used to focus on police and military men in North Sinai before spreading nationwide and targeting the Coptic minority as well, with most of them claimed by a Sinai-based group loyal to the regional Islamic State (IS) militant group.
The Egyptian military and police have killed hundreds of militants and arrested a similar number of suspects as part of the country's anti-terror war.
