183 Egyptian activists sentenced to death

Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans against the military and Interior Ministry, during a protest in front of riot policemen outside Egyptian High Court in Cairo in this file photo on 4 November 2013. Photo: Reuters
Cairo: An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 183 supporters of Muslim Brotherhood to death on charges of killing police officers, as authorities continued their crackdown on Islamists.
The men were convicted of playing a role in the killings of 16 policemen in the town of Kardasa in August, 2013 during the upheaval that followed the army’s ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi.