A court in Egypt
has sentenced to death more than 500 supporters
of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood following violence that broke out
in the southern city of Minya last August. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry
puts the number of those sentenced at 529.
A single policeman was killed.
Only 147 of the
defendants were reportedly in court Monday. Sixteen people were also
acquitted at the hearing. Another 683 defendants will appear before the
same judge Tuesday in relation to the unrest.
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