Two militants jailed over Sadat killing are released

Two leading Islamic militants jailed over the 1981 killing of Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat have been released after more than two decades behind bars, prison officials and lawyers said today.

Nageh Ibrahim and Fouad el-Dawalibi, both founding members of Al-amaa al-Islamiyya, once Egypt’s largest Islamic militant group, were released last Wednesday, the prison officials said.