DHAKA: Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Mursi and 132 others, including members of Hamas, will stand trial for a prison break and the murder of officers during the 2011 uprising, prosecution sources said.

The other defendants include leaders of Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood, who also escaped from the Wadi al-Natrun prison during the revolt against Hosni Mubarak, and prominent Qatar-based cleric Yousef al-Qaradawi, the sources said, reports The Straits Times.

Members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah were also named in the indictment.

The Islamist, ousted in July by the military, is already on trial for allegedly inciting the killings of opposition activists during his one year in power.

BDST: 1549 HRS, DEC 21, 2013
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor