Egypt court acquits 155 protesters

An Egyptian court has acquitted more than 150 protesters arrested in Cairo during October clashes between police and protesters.

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Female members of the Muslim Brotherhood are seen during their trial in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on November 27, 2013. (Getty)

An Egyptian court acquitted 155 people arrested during deadly clashes in the capital between Islamist protesters and police in October.

The Cairo misdemeanour court on Saturday dismissed the charges of assaulting policemen and vandalism over the October 6 clashes that killed almost 50 people, state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper reported.

Appeals courts in Alexandria the same day ordered the release of 21 female protesters, including 14 women previously sentenced to up to 11 years in jail for a violent protest in the coastal city.

More than 1000 people have been killed and thousands arrested in a police crackdown on Islamist supporters of president Mohamed Morsi following his overthrow in July.

Morsi and much of the leadership of his Muslim Brotherhood movement are now standing trial on charges of inciting violence during and after his turbulent one year in power.


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