adminCAIRO. — An Egyptian military court yesterday sentenced 52 Muslim Brotherhood members to jail terms, including one for life, for attacks on the army in the port city of Suez, an army source said.The source said the court sentenced one Brotherhood member to life, 48 to jail terms ranging from five to 10 years, and three to 15 years in prison.
Twelve defendants were acquitted. Earlier, a military source had said 11 Brotherhood members were sentenced to life, 45 to five years in prison, while eight were acquitted.
The Islamists were accused of shooting and using violence against the army in Suez on August 14 following a military crackdown in Cairo on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. The military court held two earlier hearings on August 24 and 26 against the accused, who were also charged with carrying guns and throwing Molotov cocktails at soldiers.
In another development, a Cairo court ordered yesterday Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr be taken off air. The administrative court ruling also banned Al-Yarmouk, Al-Quds and Ahrar 25, regarded as channels linked to Islamists, off the Egyptian airwave. — AFP.
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