Death sentence to Brotherhood chief, 13 others

An Egyptian court has handed down death sentences to the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood movement and 13 others, state media has reported.
Mohammed Badie and the other key members of the group were found guilty of planning attacks against the state.
Badie is embroiled in several trials and has been sentenced to death before, although the sentences were later reduced to life imprisonment.
Egypt's government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group in 2013.
Hundreds of people have been sentenced to death in a crackdown on Islamists following the removal of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
Earlier this month Egypt carried out its first execution over the violence that followed Morsi's overthrow.

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