EGYPT-TRIAL/MURSI SECURITY Security high ahead of Mursi death sentence ruling

Record ID: 151510

  • Title: EGYPT-TRIAL/MURSI SECURITY Security high ahead of Mursi death sentence ruling
  • Date: 16th June 2015
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (JUNE 16, 2015) (REUTERS) COURT EXTERIOR SIGN READING (English): "CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL COMPLEX" COURT GATE VARIOUS OF POLICE INFANTRY COURT EXTERIOR POLICE VEHICLE COURT EXTERIOR SECURITY TOWER COURT EXTERIOR
  • Embargoed: 1st July 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA45KDKVQ6OMSCXJJIE273AX4LL
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Security was high on Tuesday (June 16) outside an Egyptian court seeking death penalty for former president Mohamed Mursi and 106 Muslim Brotherhood supporters in connection with a mass jail break in 2011.
    Mursi and his fellow defendants, including top Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie, were convicted for killing and kidnapping policemen, attacking police facilities and breaking out of jail during the uprising, against then-president Hosni Mubarak.
    The court is also seeking capital punishment in a separate case for Brotherhood leader Khairat el-Shater and 15 others for conspiring with foreign militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah against Egypt.
    Earlier this month the court postponed its verdict after a delay in the Grand Mufti's decision.
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