Egyptian Court Sentences Three Defendants to 3 Years for Agricultural Land Attack

A court in Assiut sentenced three men to three years in prison and a fine after convicting them of using weapons to intimidate farmers and destroy crops.

• The Assiut Criminal Court issued the sentence on Wednesday against two defendants present in court and a third in absentia.
• The defendants were convicted of using automatic rifles to fire at a farmer who attempted to stop them from destroying his clover crop.
• The incident occurred in November 2025 when the defendants broke into two agricultural plots in the village of al-Mutee'a, Assiut.
• The court ordered each defendant to pay a 5,000 Egyptian pound fine.