An Egyptian court has condemned 188 people to death over a
deadly attack on police, as the prosecution said it will appeal the acquittal
of ex-president Hosni Mubarak over protester deaths.
The accused, of whom 143 are behind bars, were found guilty
on Tuesday of taking part in an August 14, 2013 attack on a police station in
Kerdassa, a village on the outskirts of Cairo, killing 13 policemen.
The attack took place on the day security forces violently
dismantled two Cairo protest camps in Cairo backing ousted president Mohammed
Mursi in an operation that led to clashes in which at least 700 lost their
lives.
Death sentences in Egypt are subject to approval by the
mufti, the country's highest Muslim religious authority. The verdict is to be
confirmed or commuted on January 24.
Since the army deposed Mursi last year, at least 1,400 of
his supporters have died in a crackdown on protests and hundreds sentenced to
death in swift trials.
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