528 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood have been sentenced to death on
Monday. Supporters of the brotherhood were charged due to the violent riots in
the southern Egyptian city of Minya last August. The riot has reportedly caused
the murder of a police officer. The riots took place after
an interference by security forces on two large sit-ins in Cairo, where
demonstrators were supporting the opposition to ousted President Mohammed
Morsy.
The Ahram Online news site reported that this was the largest set of
death sentences handed to defendants in the modern history of Egypt.
Source: CNN
Source: CNN
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