Aswat Masriya (Cairo)

Egypt: Badie, Shater and Others Referred to Criminal Court for Inciting Violence

31 July 2013

An Egyptian prosecutor referred top Muslim Brotherhood figures to a criminal court on Wednesday, accusing them of inciting violence by the group's Cairo headquarters in Mokattam.

The defendants include the Brotherhood's spiritual guide, Mohamed Badie, and senior member businessman Khairat al-Shater and three others.

Violent confrontations that erupted by the Brotherhood's office on June 30 left at least 12 people dead.

The prosecutor also renewed the detention of Former Speaker of the now-dissolved People's Assembly Saad al-Katatni and Mahdy Akef pending investigations on allegations of insulting the judiciary.

Other top Brotherhood figures, including Osama Yassin, Safwat Hegazy, Essam al-Erian and Mahmoud Ezzat were also ordered arrested for inciting violence.

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