Brotherhood supporters sentenced over referendum clashes

Tuesday 15-04-2014 03:21 PM
Brotherhood supporters sentenced over referendum clashes

Female students of Al-Azhar University, and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted President Mohamed Mursi, shout slogans against the military and interior ministry while gesturing with four fingers in front of the university in Cairo, March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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CAIRO, April 15 (Aswat Masriya) An Egyptian court sentenced 24 Azhar students to five years in prison on Tuesday for clashes that took place on January 15 as Egyptians voted for a new constitution.

The defendants are accused of belonging to a group that carries out illegal activities, of possessing inflammable devices among other weapons and of attacking security forces. 

Muslim Brotherhood supporters organized demonstrations on January 14 and 15 to denounce a referendum on a constitution to replace another passed under ousted President Mohamed Mursi. 

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