The Cairo Criminal Court yesterday sentenced leader of Muslim Brotherhood Mohammad Badie, his deputy Khairat El-Shater and four other senior members of the group to death, the Safa News Agency reported.

At the same time, the court acquitted former speaker of the parliament Saad El-Katatni, Mohamed Beltagy, Issam Al-Aryan and three others.

The court also sentenced six others to life in prison, including Mohammad Abdel-Majeed, Rashad Al-Bayoumi, Abdel Rahim Abdel-Rahim, Mahmoud Abu-Zeid and Mustafa Abdel-Azim.

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