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Court sentences two to life in prison for rioting
Protesters capture and bind the hands of men, who protesters say attacked them during clashes with riot police after a rally, marking the one-year anniversary of fatal clashes at Mohamed Mahmoud street, in the vicinity of the Interior Ministry, in Cairo November 22, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
CAIRO, May 13 (Aswat Masriya) - The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced on Wednesday two defendants to life in prison for rioting and vandalism, in an incident which dates back to November 2012.
The court also sentenced a third defendant to three years in prison and another to six months. Twenty-six other defendants in the case were acquitted.
All defendants were accused of inciting riots and chaos, resisting the authorities and vandalising public property.
They were referred to court after the prosecution charged them with attempted murder of protesters, assaulting employees while on duty, displaying force and threatening to use violence.
The defendants were arrested following violence which erupted as protesters commemorating the 'Mohamed Mahmoud clashes' faced off with security forces in November 2012.
The Mohamed Mahmoud clashes erupted on November 19, 2011, stretching for five days. The clashes between security forces and protesters opposing the then-ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) were the deadliest since the January 2011 uprising which toppled former president Hosni Mubarak. The clashes left almost 50 killed.
