Still from an video produced by Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis.
An Egyptian court sentenced 12 citizens to death Saturday on charges of being affiliated to the Islamic State (IS) group.
The defendants were accused of forming a terrorist cell aimed at overthrowing the government, targeting security personnel and disrupting the provisions of the constitution, in the Delta governorate of Sharqiya.
A key defendant in the case, Khaled Maghawry, is accused of "recruiting youths and sending them to Syria and Iraq to receive training [on jihadism] and how to use weapons."
Six of the defendants are being tried in absentia while the rest are behind bars. Defendants can appeal against the verdict.
Egypt has been battling an Islamist insurgency in recent years, with numbers of attacks increasing dramatically since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
The violence has mainly targeted police forces and the military, and is spearheaded by a militant group called Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, which swore allegiance to IS last year.
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