Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohamed Badie receives life sentence
By Ian Lee, Salma Abdelaziz and Tim Hume, CNN
Updated 11:03 AM ET, Mon May 30, 2016
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/30/middleeast/egypt-life-sentence-muslim-brotherhood-leader/index.html?sr=twCNN053016egypt-life-sentence-muslim-brotherhood-leader0318PMStoryLink&linkId=25004018 (CNN)An Egyptian criminal court on Monday handed down a life sentence to the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood along with 35 other members of the outlawed Islamist group, a state-run news agency reported.
Mohamed Badie, the group's "Supreme Guide," was among those found guilty of engaging in violent acts in the northeastern governorate of Ismailia in the wake of protests over the 2013 ouster of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy, Egypt's state-run MENA reported.
The court found the men guilty of killing three citizens in Ismailia governorate and attempting to kill 16 others, and attempting to occupy an official building in July 2013, Egyptian state media agency Al-Ahram reported.
Morsy, an Islamist, was elected President in June 2012 in the country's first free elections, following the overthrow of dictator Hosni Mubarak more than a year earlier.
However, a popular uprising against Morsy's rule broke out in June 2013, and he was deposed in a coup.
The new government outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, and Badie, Morsy and other members were arrested.
