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Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie sentenced to death in Egypt | |
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An Egyptian court has handed down death sentences to the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood movement and 13 others, state media has reported. | |
Mohammed Badie and the other key members of the group were found guilty of planning attacks against the state. | |
Mr Badie is embroiled in several trials and has been sentenced to death before, although the sentences were later reduced to life imprisonment. | |
Egypt's government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group in 2013. | |
Hundreds of people have been sentenced to death in a crackdown on Islamists following the removal of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013. | |
Earlier this month Egypt carried out its first execution over the violence that followed Mr Morsi's overthrow. |