Egypt to try another 379 Brotherhood members over sit-in violence

[WorldNews]

Egypt's public prosecutor referred a further 379 alleged members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to court on Wednesday over sit-ins in August 2013 that were broken up by security forces who killed hundreds of protesters. The 379 are accused of causing the deaths of two policemen at al-Nahda Square in Giza, one of two sites where supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi gathered in the weeks following his overthrow by the military. The government accuses the Brotherhood of fomenting an Islamist insurgency since Mursi's removal. Security forces have killed hundreds and detained thousands of members of the group, which says it is committed to political change through peaceful means only.

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