Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie sentenced to death in Egypt

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.

The court referred the case to Egypt's Grand Mufti, the country's senior Sunni authority, the first step in ratifying the death sentences.

A final verdict is due on 11 April, although the defendants can appeal.

The 14 were accused of setting up a control room to direct the movements of Brotherhood supporters across the country.  Read More at BBC