Egypt s Court of Cassation upheld a final death sentence Tuesday for two defendants found guilty of murder and related crimes during violent incidents in the coastal city of Alexandria following the ouster of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, state news agency MENA reported.
The court also upheld jail sentences ranging from 10 to 25 years for 59 defendants in the case and acquitted three others.
The court of cassation verdicts are final and cannot be appealed.
The defendants stood trial in the case in August 2013 over accusations of the murder of 18 people, including policemen, as well as the attempted murder of 80 others.
In the wake of Morsi s ouster, dozens of violent incidents broke out across the country, during which hundreds of his supporters were arrested.
Egyptian courts sentenced many of the defendants to death and jail sentences. A large number of these verdicts have been annulled, however, or are still undergoing judicial procedures and appeals.
On Sunday, a Cairo criminal court sentenced 20 defendants to death for their involvement in an attack on Kerdasa police station in August 2013 in which 12 policemen were killed, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.
The court also handed life sentences to 80 defendants, 15-year terms to 35 defendants, and acquittals to another 21.
