Fifty-six members of Muslim Brotherhood were today sentenced, including 11 to life imprisonment, by an Egyptian military court on charges of acts of ‘aggression’ against the army in Suez city last month.
In the first such sentencing since the ouster of former president Mohammed Morsi on 3 July, the Suez military court sentenced 11 Islamists to 25 years in jail, while 45 others were given five years. Eight others were acquitted.
The Islamists were accused of assaulting army troops, burning military vehicles, throwing Molotov cocktails and attacking churches in Suez governorate following the 14 August military crackdown on pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo and Giza.
The court started the trial of 64 Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters of ousted president Morsi today, state media reported.
The military trial was held at Agroud, on the Suez-Cairo highway.
The military prosecutor accused defendants of incitement, aiding and abetting the killing of citizens, burning down three churches in Suez and setting ablaze Third Field Army armoured vehicles, as well as attacking public facilities and
spreading chaos.
In the first such sentencing since the ouster of former president Mohammed Morsi on 3 July, the Suez military court sentenced 11 Islamists to 25 years in jail, while 45 others were given five years. Eight others were acquitted.
The Islamists were accused of assaulting army troops, burning military vehicles, throwing Molotov cocktails and attacking churches in Suez governorate following the 14 August military crackdown on pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo and Giza.
The court started the trial of 64 Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters of ousted president Morsi today, state media reported.
The military trial was held at Agroud, on the Suez-Cairo highway.
The military prosecutor accused defendants of incitement, aiding and abetting the killing of citizens, burning down three churches in Suez and setting ablaze Third Field Army armoured vehicles, as well as attacking public facilities and
spreading chaos.