Egypt’s prosecution referred at least 38 alleged
Islamists, including an influential exiled cleric, to military trial
Saturday, accusing them of setting up militant cells that killed a
police officer.
The prosecution said 35 people have been arrested, and
accused leaders of the ousted Muslim Brotherhood of inciting them to
carry out violent attacks.
The statement said they include two detained Muslim
Brotherhood figures.Additionally, Youssef al-Qardawi, an influential
Egyptian-born cleric who lives in Qatar and at least two other suspects
who are abroad will be tried in absentia.
They are charged with ordering or carrying out several
bombings in Cairo and involvement in the assassination of a police
colonel in April.
Police have arrested thousands of Islamists since the
military overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.A crackdown
on Morsi’s followers has killed hundreds of protesters, while militant
attacks have killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers, mainly in the
Sinai Peninsula.
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