CAIRO: An Egyptian military court on Wednesday sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme leader Mohamed Badie and two other senior figures to 10 years in prison for violent acts in the canal city of Suez in 2013.
The court first handed down sentence to 72-year-old Badie, officials said. Senior leaders Mohamed el-Beltagi and Safwat Hegazy were also sentenced to 10 years each.
The court also sentenced 90 Brotherhood members to life in prison in the case. 56 others received from 3 to 7 years, while 50 defendants were acquitted.
The defendants were charged for inciting violence, damaging public and private properties and incitement to murder, killing of 33 persons and committing violent acts in Suez in 2013 following dispersal of protest sit-ins organised by supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist ex-president Mohamed Morsi by the army which left several dead.
