Terrorists condemned to death for Taba bombings

An Egyptian state security court on Thursday condemned to death three Islamic terrorists convicted of taking part in the suicide attacks on Taba and another Sinai resort that killed 34 people in 2004. Younes Mohammed Mahmoud, Osama al-Nakhlawi and Mohammed Jaez Sabbah were found guilty of terrorism, murder, illegal possession of weapons, and belonging to a terror group. Eleven Israelis were killed and more than 100 people were wounded in the bombings, which destroyed a wing of the Taba Hilton hotel.