An Egyptian count has sentenced 14 Muslim Brotherhood members to death, including the organization's leader, Mohammad Badie, Reuters reported from a judge's televised session Saturday.
The sentences were handed down over charges of inciting violence and chaos, according to the judge, and can be appealed only by the highest civilian court.
Among the Brotherhood members sentenced is Islamist preacher Salah Soltan, whose son, US-Egyptian citizen Mohamed Soltan, was also handed a life imprisonment sentence for transmiting false news and supporting the shunned Islamist group.
Egypt has imprisoned scores of Muslim Brotherhood affiliates since the the 2013 ousting of newly-elected Egyptian President, Mohamed Morsi, who belonged to the party.
Morsi's own trial, where he faces charges of estionage, will take place on May 16.
