Egypt Muslim Brotherhood Leader Mohammed Badie And 13 Others Sentenced To Death For Planning Attacks Against The State

An Egyptian court has confirmed the death sentence on Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 13 others for planning attacks against the state.

The court also jailed a US-Egyptian citizen and several others for life.

Badie was sentenced in March and is embroiled in several other trials. The sentences are subject to appeal.

Hundreds of people have been sentenced to death in a crackdown on the Brotherhood following the removal of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.

Egypt Muslim Brotherhood Leader Mohammed Badie And 13 Others Sentenced To Death For Planning Attacks Against The State

The sentences are the final phase in the trial which saw Muslim Brotherhood leaders charged with encouraging members of the group to confront the state and spread chaos following the dispersal of a sit-in protest in August 2013.