Saqr was handed over to Egypt in September,[10][11] but wasn't tried in the Returnees from Albania trial like the other two; but was instead represented by attorney Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Maksoud in his own trial, who unsuccessfully filed a motion for his release since his name had never been mentioned in any of the military or civil trials concerning the alleged acts of terrorism, nor had he been accused in any of the other prisoners' confessions.[12] In July 1999, he was one of 71 alleged militants connected to the embassy bombing who saw their cases transferred to a military court.[13]