[AnNahar] An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced to death four members of the blacklisted Moslem Brüderbund over the killing of protesters who stormed the group's Cairo headquarters in June last year.A crowd of angry protesters stormed and torched the headquarters on June 30, 2013, as millions erupted into the streets in Cairo and other cities demanding Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's resignation.
Morsi, who belongs to the Moslem Brüderbund, was ousted just days later by then army chief and now President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi after one year in office.
A Cairo court sentenced the four men to death after finding them guilty of "killing, inciting to kill, possessing guns and live ammunition and joining gangs to terrorize people," a judicial official said.
Prosecutors said 12 protesters were killed when they clashed with Morsi supporters during the storming of the offices. More than 90 protesters were maimed.
Sunday's sentences are preliminary and will be forwarded to the country's mufti, or top Moslem holy man, to be ratified.
Decisions on 14 other defendants in the case, including Moslem Brüderbund chief Mohammed Badie and his deputies Khairat al-Shater and Saad al-Katatni, will be made at the next hearing on February 28, the official said.
All the defendants were present in court on Sunday.
Badie and his two deputies along with Morsi are facing several other trials. Badie has already been sentenced to death in one case and to life in prison in three others.