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An Egyptian judge sentenced 683 alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death, including the group’s leader Mohamed Badie. The convictions are linked to riots that took place in the southern city of Minya and elsewhere in Egypt, after security forces disbanded sit-ins held by alleged party supporters in the capital Cairo last August.
Show all 10 1 /10In pictures: Egyptian relatives react outside a court after a judge sentenced 683 to death In pictures: Egyptian relatives react outside a court after a judge sentenced 683 to death Egypt Egyptian relatives react outside a court during the trial of supporters of toppled president Mohamed Morsi in Minya
In pictures: Egyptian relatives react outside a court after a judge sentenced 683 to death Egypt Egyptian women overcome by emotion fall to the ground after a judge sentenced to death more than 680 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in the southern city of Minya
In pictures: Egyptian relatives react outside a court after a judge sentenced 683 to death Egypt Egyptian relatives of sentenced supporters of toppled president Mohammed Morsi, who were convicted for storming a police station in al-Idwa city and killing a police officer, react outside the court in southern Minya province
In pictures: Egyptian relatives react outside a court after a judge sentenced 683 to death Egypt Egyptians react outside the courtroom in Egypt's southern province of Minya
In pictures: Egyptian relatives react outside a court after a judge sentenced 683 to death Egypt Egyptian policemen block the road as they stand guard outside a court during the trial of supporters of toppled president Mohamed Morsi in Minya
In pictures: Egyptian relatives react outside a court after a judge sentenced 683 to death Egypt Only 70 out of 683 accused are in custody, according to lawyers. In a separate mass trial, the court also sentenced 37 people to death and 491 to life in prison on separate charges of rioting and killing a police officer in another town in Minya
In pictures: Egyptian relatives react outside a court after a judge sentenced 683 to death Egypt A woman shouts outside a court during the trial of supporters of toppled president Mohamed Morsi in Minya
In pictures: Egyptian relatives react outside a court after a judge sentenced 683 to death Egypt Egyptian defendants' relatives mourn after Egypt court refers 638 Morsi backers, including the Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie to mufti for death sentence in the latest mass trial in the southern city of Minya
In pictures: Egyptian relatives react outside a court after a judge sentenced 683 to death Egypt Families of prisoners grieve near the court building
In pictures: Egyptian relatives react outside a court after a judge sentenced 683 to death Egypt Lawyer Ahmed Hefni told reporters outside the court that the death sentences must be approved by Egypt's mufti, the top Islamic official. However, his opinion is not legally binding, and is instead considered a formality
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