Brotherhood members get death sentences

An Egyptian court has handed down death sentence to four members of the Muslim Brotherhood movement while condemning 14 other to life in prison.
The men sentenced to death are Mohamed Abdel-Azeem el-Beshlawy, Mostafa Abdel-Azim Fahmy, Atef Abdel-Azim Mohamed and Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Abdel-Rahim.

Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie and his deputy Khairat al-Shater along with former lawmaker Mohammed el-Beltagy, party head, Saad el-Katatni, and his deputy, Essam el-Erian, were among those who received life in prison.
The verdicts can still be appealed.

Among other charges, the convicted are accused of murder and possession of firearms.
The case derives from clashes near the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters on 30 June, 2013, days before the ouster of former president, Mohamed Morsi.

The Egyptian government listed the Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation in December 2013. — PressTV