Mursi referred to military court for incitement
Trial will start on February 23 and will also include Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammad Badie
Cairo: An Egyptian military court will try deposed president Mohammad Mursi and 198 Islamist leaders and supporters over a deadly protest in 2013 following his overthrow, a prosecution source said Tuesday.
The defendants in the trial, which will start on February 23, also include Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammad Badie, the official MENA news agency reported.
Mursi, ousted in July 2013 by the army, already faces four trials but it will be the first before a military judge.
Military trials have been criticised for their harsh and swift verdicts.
The new charge against Mursi of incitement to murder stems from protests that broke out in Suez on August 14, the day police broke up pro-Mursi protest camps in the capital and killed hundreds of his supporters in clashes.
Mursi himself was detained at an undisclosed location by the military at the time, but the prosecution alleges he incited the protests that left 31 people dead over two days.
