Ousted President Mursi to Stand Trial for 'Incitement to Murder'

Publisher:
Al Jazeera
Publication Date:
1 September 2013
Tags:
Egypt

Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi is to stand trial for "incitement to murder", state media reported without giving a date for the procedings.The prosecutor, Hesham Barakat, referred Mursi and 14 other Brotherhood members to a Cairo criminal court on charges of "committing acts of violence, and inciting killing and thuggery", the state news agency reported.

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