Egypt : Top Brotherhood leader Badie faces new criminal charges
on 2013/9/9 10:02:45
Egypt

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's supreme guide Mohamed Badie is set to stand trial in a second case over clashes that left several protesters dead.

According to judicial sources, Egypt's state prosecutor brought the new charges against Badie on Sunday.

The sources added that fourteen people, including several senior figures in the Brotherhood, the influential group from which ousted president Mohamed Morsi emerged, will stand trial along with Badie.

The date of the trial has yet to be decided.

Top Brotherhood member Mohamed al-Beltagui, Essam al-Erian, deputy head of its political wing the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), preacher Safwat Hegazy and Morsi's supplies minister Bassem Ouda, are among those who are slated to be tried with Badie.

The trial comes in connection with the deaths of seven people on July 16 on the sidelines of a protest in the capital Cairo calling for Morsi's return to power.

Badie has already been put on trial over allegations of having “incited the murder” of anti-Morsi protesters. The trial will resume on October 29.

Badie and his two imprisoned deputies are also accused of involvement in the deaths of demonstrators who attacked and torched the Brotherhood headquarters on June 30.

The head of the Egyptian armed forces, General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, pushed aside Morsi on July 3, and declared that the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour, had been appointed as the new interim president of Egypt.

The army also suspended the constitution and dissolved the parliament.

On July 5, Badie said the move against Morsi was illegal and millions would remain on the streets until the reinstatement of the ousted president.

The army-appointed government has launched a bloody crackdown on Morsi supporters ever since his ouster and arrested more than 2,000 Brotherhood members, including Badie, who was detained on August 20.

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