Egyptian court wants killer executed on live TV

An Egyptian court has asked that the execution of a man who stabbed a student to death be broadcast on television.
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Judge Bahaeldin al-Merri (C) talks during the first trial session of Mohamed Adel at Mansoura courthouse, Adel who accused of premeditated murder of a student Nayerah Ashraf at Mansoura University north of Egypt's capital on June 26, 2022. - KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images
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CAIRO — An Egyptian court has called for the execution of a young man to be broadcast live. The condemned was convicting of stabbing his classmate at Mansoura University to death.

In a July 24 letter to the Egyptian Parliament, the Mansoura criminal court requested a legal amendment be made to allow the execution to be aired live on television.

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