The same court also reversed 492 death sentences in March
Egyptian women and a boy mourn after a judge sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in the southern city of Minya, Egypt, on
Minya: An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 other alleged Islamists to death, a lawyer and prosecutor said.
The same court also reversed 492 death sentences out of 529 it passed in March, commuting most of those to life in prison.
The defendants sentenced on Monday were accused of involvement in the murder and attempted murder of policemen in the southern Minya province on August 14, the day police killed hundreds of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi's supporters in clashes in Cairo.
Several female relatives waiting outside the courtroom fainted on hearing news of the verdict.
( Source : AFP )
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