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198 Brotherhood loyalists on military trial in Egypt over terror charges

Xinhua, July 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Egypt's Public Prosecution referred on Wednesday 198 loyalists of the currently-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group to military trial over charges of carrying out terrorist acts, official MENA news agency reported.

The report said that 90 of them have been arrested and 35 of them confessed to affiliating with the Brotherhood and taking part in 64 terrorist operations, including railway blasts to disrupt train traffic in the country.

In late May, the prosecution referred 61 Brotherhood members and supporters to military trial over similar charges.

Egypt's newest constitution allows military trial for civilians in crimes related to assaulting military institutions.

Egypt has been facing a rising wave of terrorism since the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi by the military in early July 2013 after mass protests against his one year in office.

The country is currently holding mass trials for thousands of Brotherhood members and affiliates over charges varying from murder to affiliating with the "terrorist" Brotherhood group.

In its annual report released in late May, Egypt's National Council for Human Rights said that the violence since Morsi's overthrow has resulted in the death of 2,600 people, including 700 police and army men, 550 civilians and 1,250 Brotherhood members and supporters. Endit