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Mohamed Morsi to face trial for alleged terrorist plot Mohamed Morsi to face trial for alleged terrorist plot
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Egypt's former president Mohamed Morsi will face a second trial for an alleged terrorist plot devised in collaboration with foreign groups, state television has said.Egypt's former president Mohamed Morsi will face a second trial for an alleged terrorist plot devised in collaboration with foreign groups, state television has said.
Morsi is already on trial over allegations of inciting the murder of opposition protesters last winter. Prosecutors said he would now face additional charges connected to an alleged collaboration with the Palestinian group Hamas and the Lebanon's Hezbollah, two groups that, like Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, are adherents to political Islam. Morsi is already on trial accused of inciting the murder of opposition protesters last winter. Prosecutors said he would now face additional charges connected to an alleged collaboration with the Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah, two groups that, like Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, are adherents to political Islam.
The latest charges appear to be the formal conclusion of an investigation that began in late July, nearly a month after Morsi was overthrown, when prosecutors started researching claims that the Brotherhood had colluded with Hamas to facilitate a jailbreak during Egypt's 2011 uprising. The latest charges appear to be the formal conclusion of an investigation that began in late July, nearly a month after Morsi was overthrown, when prosecutors started researching claims that the Brotherhood had colludedwith Hamas to facilitate a jailbreak during Egypt's 2011 uprising.
At the time a Brotherhood spokesman said the charges were baseless, and could only be credible "if you were looking at [the jailbreak] through the eyes of Hosni Mubarak".At the time a Brotherhood spokesman said the charges were baseless, and could only be credible "if you were looking at [the jailbreak] through the eyes of Hosni Mubarak".
On Wednesday the prosecution said it was "the biggest case of conspiracy in Egypt's history". Prosecutors alleged that the Brotherhood were behind a string of attacks on police and army officers in Egypt's Sinai peninsular after Morsi was ousted. It also claimed the group was party to an eight-year-old agreement for Hezbollah and Iran's Revolutionary Guards to provide training to Egyptian Islamists. On Wednesday the prosecution said it was "the biggest case of conspiracy in Egypt's history". Prosecutors alleged that the Brotherhood were behind a string of attacks on police and army officers in Egypt's Sinai peninsula after Morsi was ousted. It also claimed the group was party to an eight-year-old agreement for Hezbollah and Iran's Revolutionary Guards to provide training to Egyptian Islamists.
Relations between Sunni organisations such as the Brotherhood and Shias from Hezbollah and Iran have traditionally been considered fractious.Relations between Sunni organisations such as the Brotherhood and Shias from Hezbollah and Iran have traditionally been considered fractious.
Morsi was held incommunicado for four months after his removal in July, and only resurfaced at the start of his first trial in November.Morsi was held incommunicado for four months after his removal in July, and only resurfaced at the start of his first trial in November.
His supporters have mounted near-daily protests calling for his reinstatement. On Monday some of them allegedly lynched a taxi driver in Mansoura, north Egypt, after they claimed he ran over and hospitalised one of their number. His supporters have mounted near-daily protests calling for his reinstatement. On Monday some of them allegedly lynched a taxi driver in Mansoura, north Egypt, after they claimed he ran over one of their number, leaving him in need of hospital treatment.
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