Egyptian prosecutors have referred 28 terror suspects, in two separate cases, to court on charges of joining local affiliates of ISIS and Al-Qaeda.
According to the prosecutors, suspects were plotting attacks against security forces and the headquarters of the high state security prosecution in Cairo.
At least 17 of the 28 suspects have been detained pending the commencement of their trials.
An ISIS affiliate based in northern Sinai has carried out attacks across Egypt in recent years, mainly targeting security forces and the country’s Christian minority.
