Egypt’s Sissi Vows Swift Justice After Car Bomb Attack

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Tuesday pledged to change laws “within days” to bring swift justice following a car bombing that killed the country's chief prosecutor, the first assassination of a top Egyptian official in a quarter century. Sissi said he would free the judiciary's hand in a “battle,” adding that the country is ready for it. He spoke at the funeral for Hisham Barakat, the top judicial official overseeing the prosecution of thousands of Islamists,...

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