10 Islamists sentenced to death in Egypt

By Laura Dean

Published June 7, 2014 1:17pm ET

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10 Islamists sentenced to death in Egypt — FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, March 29, 2014, supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi charged with violence chant slogans against the Egyptian military during a trial in court in Alexandria, Egypt. An Egyptian court sentenced 10 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement to death in absentia Saturday, June 7, on charges of inciting violence and blocking a road last July. (AP Photo/Heba Khamis, File) | Heba Khamis

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced 10 Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood movement to death in absentia Saturday on charges of inciting violence and blocking a road last July.

Judge Hassan Fareed, presiding over a court in the Nile Delta town of Banha, referred the sentence to the Grand Mufti, the highest Islamic authority in Egypt, a legal requirement usually considered a formality.

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