Morsi, Badie, Shater referred to military prosecution in Suez

The public prosecution office in Suez has referred to the military prosecution 199 defendants implicated in setting military armored vehicles and churches in the Canal city ablaze in the wake of the crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood protest camps in Cairo.
Among the defendants are deposed president Mohamed Morsi, supreme guide of the MB group Mohamed Badie and his deputy Khairat el Shater, as well as MB leaders Safwat Hegazi and Mohamed el Beltagi and secretary of the Freedom and Justice Party in Suez Ahmed Mahmoud.
They also face charges of killing and wounding dozens of citizens and attempting to murder others, as well as attacking military elements.
The public prosecution also accused the defendants of using force and violence, hurling firecrackers and stones at troops of the third field army deployed to secure the city hall and strategic facilities in Suez, a judicial source said Tuesday.
They are also held for possessing firearms and cartouche shells, the source added.
Other defendants implicated in attacks on public property in Suez will be referred to military court, the source noted.
As many as 34 military personnel, including four officers, were injured in riot incidents on August 14 and 16, 2013.
Thirty-one civilians were killed and 180 more injured in the violence.
Military armored vehicles, the Franciscan school, Raie Saleh and Coptic Catholic churches and Raie Saleh monastery were set ablaze during the riots.