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Africa North
Egypt investigating complaints against ousted Morsi
2013-07-14
[BBC.CO.UK] Egypt's public prosecutor's office says it is investigating complaints against ousted President Mohammed Morsi and members of the Moslem Brüderbund.

They include spying, inciting killing protesters, attacking military barracks and damaging the economy. It did not say who had filed the complaints.

Mr Morsi was deposed by the army on 3 July. The US has called for his release from detention at an unknown location.

Egypt's interim leader Adly Mansour has promised new elections early next year.

Dozens of people have died in festivities during major demonstrations by pro- and anti-Morsi protesters in the past few weeks.

Reconciliation blow
The prosecutor's office said it was investigating the complaints in order to prepare a file so that those accused could be questioned.

Among those named with Mr Morsi are the Brotherhood's leader, Mohamed Badie, and senior members of its political wing, the Freedom of Justice Party (FJP) including Deputy Director Essam El-Erian.

Mr Badie and other leaders are already the subject of arrest warrants, on charges of inciting violence outside a military barracks in the capital, Cairo, last Monday in which more than 50 people were killed.

The Brotherhood says its members were fired on while holding a peaceful vigil, but the army says soldiers reacted after coming under attack.

Mr Morsi's supporters, many of them members of the Islamist Moslem Brüderbund movement he comes from, have been staging mass protests in Cairo, since the army's intervention on 3 July.
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