Egypt's prosecution service on Saturday referred nearly 100 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi to trial for alleged murders, a bombing and torching a university building, in two separate cases. Morsi's Islamist supporters have faced a brutal police *****down since his ouster by the army last July that has left more than 1,400 people dead and over 15,000 in jail. Seventy-six students from Egypt's prestigious Al-Azhar university were referred to trial for torching the building of the university's faculty of commerce, the prosecutor general's ****** said, adding the group included 14 women and a Turkish national. Morsi's student backers have staged regular demonstrations on university campuses as the police *****down has weakened their ability to hold large street protests.
07-04-2014, 08:34 AM
Egypt to try nearly 100 Morsi backers over bombing, murders
Egypt's prosecution service on Saturday referred nearly 100 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi to trial for alleged murders, a bombing and torching a university building, in two separate cases. Morsi's Islamist supporters have faced a brutal police *****down since his ouster by the army last July that has left more than 1,400 people dead and over 15,000 in jail. Seventy-six students from Egypt's prestigious Al-Azhar university were referred to trial for torching the building of the university's faculty of commerce, the prosecutor general's ****** said, adding the group included 14 women and a Turkish national. Morsi's student backers have staged regular demonstrations on university campuses as the police *****down has weakened their ability to hold large street protests.
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