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| Subject: LOL, Egypt court sentences Brotherhood leader, cleric to 20 years in jail for attempting to kill two poLICEmen Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:20 am | |
| An Egyptian court sentenced a leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and an Islamist cleric to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for attempting to kill two policemen, part of a government crackdown that has severely weakened the group.
Mohamed El-Beltagy and cleric Safwat Hegazy were convicted of detaining and attempting to kill the policemen during protests against the military's overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on July 3, 2013.
The demonstrations at Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya were crushed by security forces, who killed hundreds of people.
Egyptian officials, who call the Brotherhood a terrorist group, have repeatedly said that some protesters were armed and fired at police and soldiers.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/09/us-egypt-brotherhood-trial-idUSKBN0H40WU20140909 |
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