DHAKA: A court in Egypt has upheld death sentences on 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters over a 2013 attack on a police station near Cairo.

The men were convicted over the deaths of at least 11 officers in Kerdasa.

The attack took place after Egyptian military forces cracked down on Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi that July.

Hundreds of death sentences have been passed on Morsi’s supporters but none have been carried out.

Morsi will face a new espionage trial on 15 February, Egypt’s official Mena news agency says, reports the BBC.

He and 10 others will be charged with leaking ‘classified documents’ to Qatar and Qatari-based broadcaster al-Jazeera.

Morsi is already facing three other trials, including another case of espionage. He could be given the death penalty if found guilty.

BDST: 2000 HRS, FEB 02, 2015