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Detained pro-Brotherhood preacher Hegazy charged with attempted murder
2013-08-25
[Al Ahram] Egyptian prosecution charged on Saturday tossed in the calaboose
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Islamist preacher and Moslem Brüderbund loyalist Safwat Hegazy with attempted murder and inciting violence at two Cairo sit-ins.

Hegazy faces several charges, including attempted murder and incitement of violence against opponents of deposed president Mohamed Morsi amid pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo's Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square and Giza's Al-Nahda Square.

He was locked away
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in the vicinity of Siwa town, in Egypt's western desert, near the borders with Libya, on Wednesday.

On Saturday, prosecutors also released fresh orders to detain Hegazy for 15 days pending investigations.

Sources from the prosecution told Ahram Online that prosecutors have questioned Hegazy for inciting violence for comments he made last December.

His statements were widely interpreted as a call on Morsi supporters to confront demonstrating opponents in December 2012 in front of the presidential palace in Cairo. At least ten were killed on 5 December 2012 amid deadly festivities between pro and anti-Morsi groups.

Hegazy was also questioned for inciting Morsi supporters to march on the Elite Republican Guards headquarters in Cairo -- where the army allegedly detained Morsi -- on 8 July. Over 50 Brotherhood supporters were killed and dozens injured when the armed forces stormed the protest.

Hegazy has been one of the prominent supporters of Morsi and the Moslem Brüderbund. He was reportedly present at the Rabaa Al-Adawiya sit-in, where he made highly controversial statements about the Brotherhood's opponents.
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