埃及兄弟会领导人的死刑判决引发暴力

A death sentence verdict handed down to the Muslim Brotherhood 's leader, Mohamed Badie, has triggered bomb attacks in several parts of Egypt.

The attacks are quite different to what Egypt has been witnessing in the last two years. And security forces are intensifying their efforts as more attacks are expected next week.

Egypt has been relatively free of bomb attacks for the last five weeks.

But after the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader was sentenced to death on Saturday, at least a dozen attacks hit vital targets in the country.

But this time security forces were not the main targets.

A main electricity supply line to the Egyptian Media City was hit by at least ten bombs on Tuesday and again on Wednesday.

It interrupted the broadcast of many television channels.

"The terrorists have released a statement that they targeted the Media city, because it defends the government and speaks for it. In general, they believe that the media was one of the main reasons Morsi was ousted, because they would criticize him severely. I expect that they'll take that further, by attempting to attack particular show hosts in the future," said Mouneer Adeeb, Islamic Movement Researcher, Bawaba News.

And attacks intensified in the turbulent North Sinai. 16 were killed and over 50 injured in three different attacks on security facilities there. And for the first time students from the military academy became targets, in a tragic attack in Kafr El Sheikh North Cairo.

"It takes time to make these bombs, get the material required and assemble them. So I believe that the verdict was not the main trigger for this week's escalation, but it's an opportunity, for them to use the events to create more panic," Mouneer Adeeb said.

Since the armed forces ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, militant groups have been targeting security forces.

Despite the government's efforts to end such attacks, this week's bombs are not expected to be the last. Former President Mohamed Morsi will be facing his first verdict on Tuesday and another on May 16th. Despite that all of these verdicts are appealable, violent reactions are expected.