Egypt court jails Brotherhood leader, cleric for 20 years
10 Sept 2014 6:11 AM IST
A leader of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and an Islamist cleric were on Tuesday sentenced to 20 years in jail for attempting to kill and torture two policemen and leading a terrorist organisation.
Mohamed El-Beltagy and cleric Safwat Hegazy were convicted by a Cairo Criminal Court of attempting to kill two policemen during protests against the military’s ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
The duo were found guilty of torturing the policemen at Cairo’s Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in and were given a 10-year jail term. The demonstrations at Rabaa al-Adawiya were crushed by security forces, who killed hundreds of people. Additional 10-year terms were given for ‘being in command of a terrorist group.’ Egyptian officials, who call the Brotherhood a terrorist organisation, have often said that some protesters were armed and fired at police and soldiers.
Two others, Mahmoud Zanati and Abdul Azeem Mohamed, who treated wounded protesters at a field hospital during the clashes, were sentenced to fifteen years and a fine of 100,000 pounds each was imposed on them.
Mohamed El-Beltagy and cleric Safwat Hegazy were convicted by a Cairo Criminal Court of attempting to kill two policemen during protests against the military’s ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
The duo were found guilty of torturing the policemen at Cairo’s Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in and were given a 10-year jail term. The demonstrations at Rabaa al-Adawiya were crushed by security forces, who killed hundreds of people. Additional 10-year terms were given for ‘being in command of a terrorist group.’ Egyptian officials, who call the Brotherhood a terrorist organisation, have often said that some protesters were armed and fired at police and soldiers.
Two others, Mahmoud Zanati and Abdul Azeem Mohamed, who treated wounded protesters at a field hospital during the clashes, were sentenced to fifteen years and a fine of 100,000 pounds each was imposed on them.
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