国际英语资讯:Egypt sentences 20 to death for killing policemen in 2013_时事

国际英语资讯:Egypt sentences 20 to death for killing policemen in 2013

Morsi was removed by the military in early July of 2013 after mass protests against his one-year rule and his Brotherhood group.

Since then, anti-government activities targeting police and military men, and later the Coptic minority, have prevailed in the country, leaving hundreds dead, with most of the attacks claimed by a Sinai-based group loyal to the regional Islamic State militant group.

The Egyptian leadership believes that the Brotherhood is behind all terror activities despite the group's denials and claims of peacefulness.

The security forces continue pursuing Brotherhood members and loyalists over terrorist charges.

On Sunday, the police said they arrested seven people belonging to the outlawed group over plotting to make use of crises, pit public opinion and incite anti-government attitude particularly after the recent fuel price hikes.

Most Brotherhood leaders, including Morsi and the group's top chief Mohamed Badie, are currently in custody and many of them received appealable death sentences and life imprisonments over various charges varying from inciting violence and murder to espionage and jailbreak.

Morsi himself is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence over inciting clashes between his supporters and opponents outside a presidential palace in Cairo in late 2017 that killed 10.