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Monday, March 24, 2014

Egypt Court Sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood Members to Death Monday March 24,2014

An Egyptian Court in Minya, Cairo sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on Monday March 24,2014

The charges against the group, on trial in Minya since Saturday, include violence, inciting murder, storming a police station, attacking persons and damaging public and private property

Those convicted are part of a group of 545 defendants on trial for the killing of a police officer, attempted killing of two others, attacking a police station and other acts of violence.

The court has decided to sentence to death 529 defendants, and 16 were acquitted," lawyer Ahmed al-Sharif told .

The ruling can be appealed

Muslim Brotherhood Leader Mohamed Badie (R) and 47 other defendants stand behind bars during the trial of Brotherhood members at a courtroom on March 6, 2014 in Cairo, Egypt. A Cairo court on Thursday adjourned to March 11 the trial of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 47 other defendants charged with inciting violence in Egypt's Qalioubiya province

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