{{A military court in Egypt has given supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi lengthy prison sentences after convicting them of attacking the army.}}<\/p>\n
One person was jailed for life, three people to 15 years and 45 others to five years, a military statement said.<\/p>\n
The defendants were accused of opening fire at soldiers during riots in the port city of Suez last month.<\/p>\n
The riots followed a deadly crackdown by security forces on two pro-Morsi protest camps in the capital, Cairo.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of people, mostly members of Mr Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, were killed when the sit-ins outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque and at Nahda Square were cleared on 14 August.<\/p>\n
The unrest in Suez, 140km (87 miles) to the east of Cairo, on 14 and 16 August left more than 30 dead.<\/p>\n
It is not clear if those convicted on Tuesday are Brotherhood members. But if they are, the verdicts would be the first affecting the Islamist group since the military launched a campaign against it after ousting Mr Morsi.<\/p>\n
Earlier, military sources said 11 Morsi supporters had got life sentences.<\/p>\n
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