Egypt sentences 148 Muslim Brotherhood members to jail
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148 Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to jail /Getty Images Photo

148 Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to jail /Getty Images Photo

On Tuesday, an Egyptian court sentenced 148 members of the currently outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group to jail terms ranging from five to 25 years. The sentencing comes after group members were convicted of breaking into a police station in upper Egypt’s province of Minya, state-run Ahram newspaper reported.

The Minya Criminal Court handed down life sentences to 11 members.  A life sentence in Egypt is 25 years in jail.

Another 106 received 15 years in jail.

Investigations proved that the defendants incited violence, public disorder and had committed public institutions’ sabotage.

Egypt has been experiencing anti-security attacks since the army-led ouster of the former President Mohamed Morsi in 2013, and ban of his Muslim Brotherhood group in 2014.

Thousands were detained and hundreds were facing trials. Morsi and prominent figures of his group have received final verdicts that varied from death to life sentences over accusations of murder, violence and spying.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency