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Egyptian Prosecutor Generanl Hisham Barakat died after the attack on his convoy Monday morning.
The attack was on front of Barakat’s home near o Millitary College.
A little-known group calling itself the “Giza Popular Resistance” claimed responsibility for the attack.
Hisham Barakat was appointed as Prosecutor General in July 2013.
Among the many controversial prosecutions Barakat has pursued, several have resulted in death sentences for hundreds of alleged supporters of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood.
