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UPDATE l Court sentences Brotherhood leader Badie to death, refers files to Mufti
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie (R) sits in a police vehicle after being arrested by security forces in Cairo, in this Egyptian Interior Ministry handout picture provided on August 20, 2013. Interior Ministry/Handout
MINYA, April 28 (Aswat Masriya) An Egyptian court sent on Monday the files of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 others to the country's Grand Mufti over violence that followed the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi last year.
The defendants are accused of inciting violence and killing protesters in the governorate of Minya.
The final verdict will be announced on June 21.
The court also sentenced 37 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death and 491 others to life earlier. The files of these 528 defendants were referred to the country's Grand Mufti on March 24 sparking a wave of criticism from western countries and human rights groups.
Only 147 out of the 528 defendants attended today's hearing. Most were sentenced in absentia.
The verdicts can be appealed.
