Twenty-six alleged Islamist militants, including two former military officers, will stand trial on terrorism charges, accused of planning attacks against the Egyptian state, the official news agency MENA said yesterday.

The state security prosecutor said they had formed an extremist organisation that advocated sedition against public authorities and called for jihad against public servants employed at state institutions.

“Investigation by national security revealed the defendants planned to carry out terrorist attacks inside Egypt during Eid al Adha,” MENA reported.

“As a result, security officials raided their cells simultaneously,” it said.

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