Badie, muslim brotherhood members trial in Rabaa armed sit-in deferred to February 6

Cairo Criminal Court decided on Saturday to adjourn to February 6 the trial of 739 Muslim Brotherhood leaders and members including guide Badie and 738 MB defendants in the case of armed sit-in in Rabaa el Adawiya Square in Nasr City.

The defendants face charges of committing the crimes of armed assembly, blocking roads, premeditated murder, assaulting police troops and blocking traffic during the sit-in staged by MB loyalists from June 21 till August 14 in 2013.

They also face charges of possessing arms, explosives and other weapons, sabotage and threatening the society's security.

Prosecution investigations revealed, through testimonies of residents in Rabaa Al Adawiya Square, that the defendants organized an armed sit-in and staged protests in its surroundings with the use of weapons, blocked roads and terrorized citizens in the Nasr City neighborhood.

They also face charges of arresting, detaining and torturing citizens inside the camps.

Sources: MENA