Cairo – Akram Ali?
Egyptian protesters in Cairo\'s Nahda Square
Cairo – Akram Ali?
An investigation by Egypt\'s national security authorities has concluded that ousted president Mohammed Morsi is guilty of inciting violence against anti-government
protesters in Giza\'s Nahda Square.
Twenty-three people were killed and dozens injured in clashes between supporters and opponents of the president a day after his ouster on July 3.
The security authorities said that through his speeches, before anti-government rallies on June 30, Morsi had used terms to incite violence against his opponents, leading Muslim Brotherhood supporters to take to the streets and \"cause chaos.\"
Morsi supporters \"disrupted public peace,\" and carried out calculated attacks against anti-government demonstrators. The investigation report said that several protesters died from gunshots wound to the head and chest.?
Authorities claimed that several Islamist politicians currently awaiting trial, including al-Raya Party chief Hazem Abu Ismail, Muslim Brotherhood lawyer Abdel Moneim ?Abou al Maksoud, and al-Wasat Party officials Abul-Ela Madi and Essam Soltan had taken the decision to confront opposition protesters on June 30.
The Islamist leaders provided their supporters with weapons and money, the report said, and spread them across all of Cairo\'s main squares in order to protect what they described as the \"legitimacy.\"
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, South Cairo Prosecution renewed the detention of senior Brotherhood leaders Khairat el-Shater, Saad al-Katatni, Mahdi Akef and Rashad Bayoumi by 15 days, for the killing of protesters in Mokattam.
During questioning, Katatni, head of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), denied working closely with the Muslim Brotherhood, claiming that since he became the ?head of the party, he had been able to distance himself Brotherhood activities.
Shater, the deputy of Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, has also denied all the charges.