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The trial of Mursi resume; Muslim Brotherhood support among Egyptians trembles CAIRO (AP) - The trial of Egypts ousted president and 14 others also accused of inciting the killing of protesters resumed on Saturday, Egypts official news agency reported. The agencys report gave no details on the proceedings, held amid tight security in a makeshift courtroom in the national police academy in an eastern Cairo suburb. The trial is one of four the Islamist Mohammed Morsi and top leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood face. The charges levelled against them mostly carry the death penalty. Morsi was ousted by a popularly backed military coup on July 3. He is now held at a high security prison near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. The charges against the defendants stem from violence outside the presidential palace in December 2012 when Morsis supporters attacked protesters staging a sit-in. The clashes killed at least 10 people. The defendants are charged with inciting the killing of three of those protesters. Morsis other trials are on charges of breaking from prison during the 18-day uprising against Hosni Mubaraks rule in 2011, conspiracy with foreign militant groups and insulting the judiciary. Anti-Morsi protesters outside the police academy briefly surrounded the car of one of Morsis top defense lawyers, Islamist Mohammed Salim el-Awah, as it approached the police academys gate. Some pounded on the car while others yelled insults. El-Awah, a former presidential candidate, was unhurt. He later stepped out of the car to complain to a senior police officer, arguing that the protesters should not have been allowed so close to the gate. This will have consequences, he warned the officer before he returned to the car. Egypt has been rocked by a wave of deadly violence since Morsis ouster, with the army and security forces facing a full blown insurgency in the Sinai peninsula. The violence has spread to mainland Egypt, with attacks on high profile targets in Cairo growing more frequent.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 12:09:47 +0000

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