Egyptian criminal court adjourns Morsi Ittihadiya trial

Cairo’s Criminal Court adjourned on Tuesday the trial of Egypt’s first democratically elected leader, Dr Mohamed Morsi, who many argue remains the country’s legitimate president, along with 14 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders and Morsi’s former assistants, in what has been called a comical and fabricated case about the “Ittihadiya events” dating back to December 2012, Al-Amat Online news reported.

The case has now been scheduled for another session on Thursday, 23 October for the continuation of the civil claimants’ pleading.

During Tuesday’s session, held at the Police Academy and headed by Judge Ahmed Sabri Yousef, the court listened to the prosecutor’s case.

It is worth noting that eight of those killed in the events in question were actually supporters of the president and the Muslim Brotherhood. However, their names were not included in Egypt’s indictment out of the fear that such an act might reveal a wider understanding of the events and who is really to blame. Moreover, the prosecution did not refer to the he National Salvation Front leaders who also incited the events.