| Egypt has welcomed the jail sentence given by a German court to a man who murdered a pregnant Egyptian woman. In a statement the foreign ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said the life sentence, which he noted was the maximum punishment under German law, served justice and was a warning to those motivated by hate. Yolande Knell in Cairo has more. There were alerts on state television as news of the verdict broke. This trial has been extensively covered in the Egyptian media and many Egyptian journalists travelled to Dresden to follow proceedings. Members of Marwa el-Sherbini's family and Egyptian lawyers were also in court. The fatal stabbing at Mrs. el-Sherbini in a courthouse in front of her three-year-old son and a subsequent accidental shooting of her husband by a German guard shocked Egyptians. And there was outrage at what was seen as the slow response of the German authorities to deal with claims of Islamophobia and offer their condolences. |
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