An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced eight supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to death while 80 others were sentenced in absentia to life in prison for indulging in violence and attacking a police station in Upper Egypt in 2013, resulting in the death of two poilcemen.
The supporters were convicted of attacking a police station in Samalout, a city in Menya governorate.
Fourteen defendants were jailed for 15 years while eight defendants received a 10 year sentence besides six others who were sentenced to five years in prison. Five other defendants were acquitted in the same case.
The defendants were also accused of killing two
policemen and injuring a number of people, including police and civilians.
Since Islamist ex-president Mohamed Morsi’s ouster in 2013, the Egyptian government has been cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters.