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Egypt court sentences 7 to death for feud killings
07 Jun 2009 16:08:37 GMT
 Source: Reuters
CAIRO, June 7 (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced seven people from two feuding families to death on Sunday for their role in revenge killings in the Nile Delta last year that killed 12 people, court sources said.

The sources said the two families had long been at odds, and tensions erupted after the Berbere clan refused to let the rival Kalafeen family dig an irrigation canal through their land and built a wall that limited access to both families' plots.

Angry over the dispute, a member of the Kalafeen family killed two people from the rival clan last year. Shortly afterward, members of the Berbere family shot dead 10 members of the Kalafeen family and burned their homes and fields, court sources said.

The Egyptian court sentenced one member of the Kalafeen family to death for the first two killings, and ordered the executions of six members of the Berbere family over the revenge shootings that followed.

Land disputes are not uncommon in Egypt, where arable land is limited to a thin sliver along the Nile and the river delta in the north. But conflicts rarely lead to this many casualties.

The verdict was the latest in a string of death penalty rulings by Egyptian courts in recent months. Another 17 people charged in the case were still awaiting a ruling.

Egypt imposes the death penalty for murder, rape and some "terrorism" offences. Rights group Amnesty International counted 213 executions in Egypt during the 1990s. (Writing by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Matthew Jones)


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