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Morsi's son arrested over 2013 pro-Brotherhood sit-in

Xinhua, December 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Egyptian police arrested on Thursday son of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi over a case related to the 2013 pro-Morsi sit-in in Cairo held mostly by the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, official MENA news agency reported.

"Osama Mohamed Morsi was arrested based on a decision from the general prosecution over a case related to the dispersal of the armed sit-in of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group in Rabaa al-Adawiya Square in Cairo," MENA quoted a security source as saying.

Morsi was overthrown by the military in July 2013 in response to mass protests against his one-year rule and his currently-blacklisted Brotherhood group. Later security dispersal of two pro-Morsi sit-ins on Aug. 40 left about 1,000 killed and thousands more arrested.

Morsi's son, a lawyer, was arrested at his father's home in Zagazig city of Sharqiya province north of the capital Cairo and transferred to Cairo prosecution for investigation.

Just like the ousted president himself, most of Morsi's loyalists are currently in custody facing various charges varying from inciting violence to espionage.

In October, the Court of Cassation confirmed a 20-year final prison sentence against Morsi over inciting clashes between his supporters and opponents outside the presidential palace in late 2012 that left 10 people dead.

The same court later in two separate sessions in November overturned Morsi's death sentence in a 2011 jailbreak case and his 25-year jail term in the case of espionage in favor of the Palestinian Hamas movement, ordering the ex-president's retrial. Enditem