A Cairo court Saturday sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to death after his conviction in a 2011 jailbreak. Sentenced with him were 120 other defendants including Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohamed Badie, a former parliament speaker, Mohamed Saad El-Katatny and, in absentia, treasurer Khairat el-Shater and the radical TV preacher Yusouf Qaradawi, who is based in Qatar.
The sentences were referred to the Grand Mufti for confirmation on June 1 before their execution. Morsi and his co-defendants were accused of collaborating with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and the Lebanese Shia group Hizballah in a mass jailbreak during the riots which overthrew President Hosni Mubarak.
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Morsi is already serving 20 years in connection with the killing of protesters in Cairo in Dec. 2012. The Sisi government has outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group.
Full article: Ousted Egyptian president Morsi sentenced to death (DEBKAfile)
