DHAKA: The trial of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood chief and his deputies on charges related to protest deaths came to an abrupt end Wednesday when the judges walked out, citing chaos in the dock.

The previous session on October 29 of the trial against Mohamed Badie and 34 co-defendants had also been halted when the three presiding judges withdrew, citing ‘reasons of conscience’.

On Wednesday, a new panel of three judges appointed to hear the case recused themselves after the accused Brotherhood members yelled strings of anti-government slogans from the dock.

The trial of top Muslim Brotherhood leaders charged with inciting deadly violence against anti-Islamist protesters opened in Egypt on Wednesday.

The 30 defendants include Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie and his two deputies, Khayrat al-Shater and Mohammed Bayoumi.

They are charged with inciting attacks on opponents in June in Cairo that left nine people dead and 91 wounded.

At the start of the trial, the defendants chanted slogans against the military, which deposed president Mohammed Mursi of the Brotherhood in July, reported state-run newspaper al-Ahram, reports the Voice of Russia.

BDST: 1915 HRS, DEC 11, 2013