Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie, 13 others sentenced to death

Cairo, April 11: An Egyptian court on Saturday delivered the death sentence to the chief leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, Mohammed Badie, and 13 other members for inciting murder in the case known as "Rabaa operations room." The Brotherhood spiritual leader and the other 13 defendants are charged with running an operational room to mobilise group members to target security forces and spread disorder after the dispersal of two major sit-ins in the country's capital Cairo in August, 2013, state-run MENA news agency reported. Meanwhile, 37 other Brotherhood members have received life imprisonment in the same case, the report said, adding that Saturday's verdict can still be appealed.