{{An Egyptian court sentenced 13 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi Saturday to prison terms ranging from five to 88 years for rioting, a judicial source said.}}<\/p>\n
They were accused of “rioting, sabotage and public order offences” in the southern towns of Samalut and Minya during protests against a bloody crackdown in Cairo on August 14 when hundreds of people were killed, the source said.<\/p>\n
They are able to appeal the verdicts.<\/p>\n
On March 24, 529 Morsi supporters were sentenced to death on the second day of their trial in Minya province in the largest mass death sentencing in Egypt’s modern history.<\/p>\n
The sentences caused an international outcry.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the same court is due to pass sentence on Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie and 700 other Morsi supporters.<\/p>\n
Rights group Amnesty International says more than 1,400 Morsi supporters have been killed since the army ousted him last July 3.<\/p>\n
Another 15,000 have been arrested as the military-installed interim authorities crack down on the Brotherhood after designating it a “terrorist” group and blaming it for the wave of violence sweeping the country.<\/p>\n
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