Muhammad Morsi, the ousted Egyptian president, will be tried, along with top aides and leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood, for inciting supporters to kill at least 10 opponents outside his palace while presiding in office, the Associated Press reported.
The case dates back to December 4, 2012 when at least 100,000 protesters gathered outside his presidential palace, demonstrating against his issued decree to protect his decisions from "judicial oversight and a highly disputed draft constitution that hurriedly adopted by the Islamist-dominated parliament," as reported by Sarah El Deeb. While protesters demanded Morsi to call off a referendum scheduled just a few days later, on the next afternoon, Islamist groups attacked protesters who were camped outside his palace, resulting in at least 10 people killed.
Morsi's aides reportedly told supporters to forcibly break up all sit-ins, which had been set up outside the palace. At least one journalist was killed and 54 civilians were also held and tortured by supporters.
For their part, Muslim Brotherhood officials denied using excessive, rather accused opponents of forcing away police who were on guard outside the palace.
Since Morsi was ousted by the military in August, the Egyptian army have waged an intensive security crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood members, which featured fierce battles throughout the country and killed many people.
Also on Sunday, Egypt's interim president Adli Mansour said that he appointed a 50-member committee dominated by liberal and secular public figures in an effort to amend the Islamist-drafted constitution, which Morsi passed.
Also, a military-backed transition plan called for parliamentary and presidential elections early next year.
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