CAIRO, Dec 17: An Egyptian court has sentenced eight Muslim Brotherhood supporters to five years in prison for inciting violence and belonging to a terror group.
Two defendants were sentenced to three years in prison yesterday in a case of violence in Abu Kabir village in the Sharqia Governorate.
Meanwhile, three other defendants were acquitted of charges of inciting violence in 10th of Ramadan, a city located in Sharqia Governorate, in a separate case.
The Egyptian government has been cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters, since the ouster of the ex president Mohamed Morsi last year.
Thousands of pro-Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood members have been rounded up and put on trial since the army deposed the Islamist leader last year following massive street protests against his rule.
In March, 529 Muslim Brotherhood members were sentenced to death for killing a police officer last year.
Morsi himself is currently in prison over charges of killing peaceful protesters, espionage, escaping from prison during the January 25 Revolution in 2011, insulting the judiciary. He was also charged of spying and handing documents of national security importance to foreign intelligence. He has not been sentenced in any case so far. (PTI)
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