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CAIRO, (APP/AFP) – An Egyptian court Monday
sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood’s leader and 35 other people
to life in prison over violent clashes after the army overthrew
Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, a judicial official said.
Mohamed Badie, the Brotherhood’s supreme guide, has
already been sentenced to death and prison terms in other
trials.
The court also sentenced 48 defendants to jail terms
ranging from three to 15 years, and acquitted 20 others.
The authorities have arrested thousands of Brotherhood
leaders and members, including Morsi, since his ouster by the
army in 2013.
Hundreds have been sentenced to death, although many
have appealed and won retrials.
On Monday, the court convicted Badie and the other
defendants of involvement in clashes in the Suez Canal city
of Ismailiya that killed three people.